Police arrest killers of Inspector Nwagbara, demolish shrine, recover vehicle, arms, ammunition

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By our correspondent 







Operatives of the Nigeria Police, Imo State Command has dislodged the shrine of some suspected criminals, who have been terrorizing Ubah Agwa Community in Oguta Local Government Area, LGA, following a discreet operation.



This is in the wake of receipt of credible information that, the native doctor who allegedly prepares charms for the criminal gang against  bullets and knives and led in the attack that resulted in the killing of a police officer in Agwa has returned after fleeing the Community . 


According to a release signed by Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Michael Abbatam, the Command’s tactical teams, then on Wednesday, at about 0600 hours mobilized and with credible intelligence gathered in the course of interrogating the suspects earlier arrested in connection with the killing of the Police woman, the team was able to locate their criminal hideout in Ubah Agwa in Oguta LGA of Imo State and immediately cordoned off the area and tactically went into the den. 


The suspects on sighting the police operatives, tried  to escape but only to discover that the whole escape routes had been blocked by policemen hence, they were all nabbed.  Those arrested include; Casmir Mgbugha 'm' aged 53 years , Hyacinth Chimezie 'm' aged 30 years,  Hyacinth Azunna 'm' aged 28 years,  Hyacinth Ifesinachi 'm' aged 26 years,  Hyacinth Chimobi 'm' aged 23 years, Chukwuemeka Wisdom 'm' aged 22 years and Nnadike Clifford 'm' aged 72 years and upon searching the terror camp, the following items were recovered; one Toyota Camry car with registration number AKD 73 BF LAGOS, one big snake suspected to be python , eight locally made pistols,  eighteen rounds of live cartridges, one Biafran flag, a pair of Police camouflage uniform belonging to late Inspector Felicia Nwagbara 'f,' who had been declared missing since 2017 by police authorities.


However, while coming out of the criminal camp, one of the suspects, Hyacinth Chimezie for the second time, tried to  escape but was incapacitated on the leg . 


In the course of interrogation, the suspects confessed to have murdered late Inspector Felicia Nwagbara, who was the second wife of one of the suspects - Casmir Mgbugba. They further stated that they are the manufacturers of the locally made guns recovered from them and apart from using the arms in perpetrating crime, they also sell to robbers and kidnappers . 


The release  appreciated the good people of Imo State for their undaunting support and assured them of the Command's readiness to sustain the already improved state of security in the State.




    

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