End To Sit-at-Home In Enugu: Security Forces Neutralize 3 Enforcers In Gunfight, Recover Firearms, Cutlasses

…as CP Kanayo assures the security and safety of citizens, the onslaught against unrepentant criminals shall be sustained

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At about 2.15am today, September 18, 2023, a joint security team, comprising Police Operatives of the Enugu State Command, NPF Special Forces, and Troops of the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army Enugu, acting on credible intelligence, busted the criminal hideout of IPOB/ESN subversive criminal elements in Ezioha Mgbowo in Awgu Local Government Area, while they were perfecting plans to enforce the illegal sit-at-home order in the State.

Three (3) of the hoodlums, who opened fire on the joint team upon sighting them, were neutralized, while several others escaped with severe degrees of gunshot wounds in the ensuing gunfight. Three (3) pump-action guns, ten (10) machetes, and other incriminating exhibits were recovered; while an intense manhunt for those on the run is ongoing.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, *CP Kanayo Uzuegbu, psc (+)*, while commending the joint team, has reassured the security and safety of citizens as they go about their lawful businesses in the State. He reiterated the avowed commitment of the police and other security forces to sustain the onslaught against unrepentant violent criminals operating under any guise.

Three (3) of the hoodlums, who opened fire on the joint team upon sighting them, were neutralized, while several others escaped with severe degrees of gunshot wounds in the ensuing gunfight. Three (3) pump-action guns, ten (10) machetes, and other incriminating exhibits were recovered; while an intense manhunt for those on the run is ongoing.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, *CP Kanayo Uzuegbu, psc (+)*, while commending the joint team, has reassured the security and safety of citizens as they go about their lawful businesses in the State. He reiterated the avowed commitment of the police and other security forces to sustain the onslaught against unrepentant violent criminals operating under any guise.


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