Police nab suspected killer of Naval officer in Imo

From  Victor  Duruamaku Owerri 

Police in Imo State have arrested the suspected  killer of a Navel officer and some police personnel in Imo State

According to the police command’s spokesman, CSP Micheal Abattam, one of the suspects,  one Osita Ogbuiri aka Shina Rambo, a native of Mmahu in Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State, was killed on July 27  in a gun duel with the police at their hideout in Utuma/ Ukwa, a boundary between Abia and Cross River State.

In an  official statement Thursday, the Police spokesman, CSP Abattam said further ”  the suspect  was among the inmates that escaped from the  Owerri Correctional Centre  on the April,  5, 2021, jail break”

He revealed that the suspect, escaped from the correctional center while  serving life imprisonment for the murder of two persons,and  also the Town Union President of Mmahu Egbema in Ohaji Egbema LGA, Charles Mgbarahu.

CSP Abattam said “The hoodlums on sighting the police operatives engaged them in a gun duel, but were overwhelmed by the superior fire-power and professional dexterity displayed by the gallant police operatives.”

“The escapee serial killer kingpin, Osita Ogbuiri aka Shina Rambo was neutralized in the process while others escaped with bullet wounds” the statement said pointing out one pump action gun with 17, expended and four unexpended cartridges were recovered at the scene

The police further said, after  escaping from Owerri  Correctional Centre  he went into hiding in a neighbouring state, where he formed a terror group, operating in Ohaji Egbema LGA and its environs, terrorizing innocent people in the Community.”

He said that the suspect was a member of a deadly cult group called “DE-GBAM” and has been involved in several killings of security agencies.

“It is on record that, he led his gang members in the killing of the Town Union President, Charles Mgbarahu of Mmahu Egbema in Ohaji Egbema LGA and six others on the 8th of February, 2022, in a rivalry cult clash. Also on the 9th of July, 2022, he killed a police Inspector in Obokofia and on the 21st of July, 2021 he murdered a Naval officer all in Ohaji Egbema respectively,” he said.

He said that the corpse of the notorious bandit had been deposited at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Owerri, adding that the community is still agog; while concerted efforts are being made to arrest other members of the gang at large.

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