The Operational Restore Peace team of the Imo Police Command has repelled armed bandits’ attack at Njaba town in the Njaba Local Government Area of the state.
The State Commissioner for Police (CP), Abutu Yaro, disclosed this in a statement issued by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Michael Abatham, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP).
According to him, the bandits were moving on a convoy towards Njaba town for an attack, but were intercepted by the team.
The CP said that during a fire fight which ensured, one of the bandits’ operational vehicles was demobilised and two of them neutralised, while the remaining ones scampered into the bush.
According to the CP, one Ak-47 rifle was recovered with 10 rounds of live ammunition and a locally made double barrel pistol with two expended cartridges.
The police boss said that the team detonated an Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) into the parking lot of a nearby Njaba Police Station, causing minimal damage.
Yaro said that cordon and pursuant exercise was on going in the area, while advising members of the public residing in the area not to panic as the ongoing police clearance operation was designed to root out violent criminals in that axis.
He appealed to them to avail police information of persons seen treating bullet wounds or hiding within the community.
