Thursday, January 26, 2012
EBONYI GUN DUEL 10 DIE
Enugu - Ten people, including a soldier were killed yesterday, the Office of the Engineer Regiment 24 Abakaliki, Ebonyi State suspected armed robbers involved in a duel of arms on the end Akaeze Afikpo - Highway Okigwe.
No fewer than nine of the suspected thieves were killed in the shootout, while several others, including two army officers sustained varying degrees of gunshot wounds.
No fewer than nine of the suspected thieves were killed in the shootout, while several others, including two army officers sustained varying degrees of gunshot wounds.
The Deputy Director of Public Relations Department of the Army 82 Division of Nigeria, Enugu, Lt. Col. Sagir Musa, who confirmed the incident yesterday, the military said the robbers fled after an assault failed on a bench in a state of Cross River Ikoma, where nine people including a policeman died.
However, they were intercepted by soldiers on routine patrol in Ebonyi State.
He said: "Around 1830 hours on Tuesday, January 24, 2012, there was a bank robbery attack does Ikoma / frustrated in Cross River State, which led to the deaths of eight civilians and one policeman.
"The robbers fled in two vehicles Ebonyi state-by Ugep Abomigbe Rd. The soldiers on routine patrol in Ebonyi State fully informed and then they stopped the thieves Amasire Afikpo long-axis in the direction of Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway through Okigwe, 10 km from Akaeze.
"At that time there was exchange of fire resulted in the death of a soldier and two soldiers were wounded. Seven robbers were killed, two seriously injured and bled to death before reaching hospital."
Moussa, who revealed that six of the suspected thieves escaped with gunshot wounds in the bush nearby said that among the items recovered were two bombs RPG7, 28 empty magazine, two gas bottles, 37 empty boxes of ammunition 7 , 62 special 22 mm 7.62 mm ammunition and two special vehicles.
/ According to the military spokesman, immediately received the report information on the escape of the robbers of a bank robbery, the troops of 24 Engineer Regiment, 82 Battalion Headquarters and Division 103 were alerted to block all possible escape routes, especially Okigwe Afikpo road, the Enugu-Abakaliki Abakaliki Ogojo-Abakaliki road and motorway-Itigidi-Ugep making it difficult for them to escape.
