Rivers Police Neutralises 4 Killers of CDC Chairman, Livingstone, During Shoot-outs, …Arrest 5 others, fake policeman, 5 students for cultism
Mgbuoshimini Chief Minikwu Chukwu, who was killed in broad daylight in 2017.
The award winning CP revealed further, “During the investigation, four of the suspects, John Lucas ‘m’, Nnamdi Emmanuel, m ‘, Ogolo Promise ‘m’ and Adebayo Adebayo ‘m’ led Operatives to one of their camps at Pipeline, Aluu village for the recovery of their cache of weapons.
“While approaching the camp, they came under heavy gunfire by hoodlums suspected to be fellow gang members. The suspects attempted to escape in the ensuing ambush but were caught in the crossfire. The hoodlums were eventually overpowered, and the suspects rushed to UPTH for medical attention. The Doctor confirmed them dead, and they were deposited in the UPTH morgue for autopsy.
“The suspects will be charged in Court as soon as investigations are concluded.
“Total arm and ammunition recovered include; 2 AK-47 rifles, 1 Assault rifle, 2 SMG rifles, 1 Shotgun riffle, 10 magazines, 150 rounds of live ammunition and 1 Pistol.
“Efforts are still in top gear to apprehend more suspects connected to Daddy Chukwu’s criminal network and possibly recover more arms & ammunition”.
In a related development, on August 9, 2024, at about 11.45 pm, operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the state command responded to an intelligence report of a criminal operation in Luegbo Community in Khana Local Government Area.
On arriving at the scene, the Police met with an ongoing gruesome cult initiation process.
As confirmed by command’s spokesperson, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, five suspects, later found to be students of the Ken Saro Wiwa Polytechnic, were arrested.
The students, Mduni Clement, Prosper Wonyingipreye, Kunle Joseph, Eken Evans and Isaiah Elisha confessed to being members of the Vikings confraternity.
“They have been charged in court and are presently in a correctional centre”, she said.
According to the police, while they were carrying out the arrest of the five cultists, the operatives encountered a man with them, fully dressed in Police camouflage and donning the rank of an Inspector of Police and armed with an AK-47 rifle, ten magazines and twenty-nine rounds of live ammunition.
He was taken into custody and after interrogations, his identity was revealed as Fred Monday, a 31-year-old from Wiyakara Community in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State and resident at F-man Close, Eneka Link Road, Port Harcourt.
The impersonator confessed to being an impostor who bought the rifle in 2021 for NGN 850,000 from an accomplice, Goodluck aka Boy-J.
He also bought ten magazines, thirty-one rounds of ammunition and two hand grenades from the same accomplice.
He also disclosed to the Police how he and other gang members would disguise as Policemen to escort criminals to operate in different states, including Akwa-Ibom, Edo, Delta and Rivers State.
“Fred Monday is a confessed member of the Iceland cult group and has been carrying out numerous crimes using the cover of being a Policeman to terrorise his victims. He is also an armed robber who operated as a Keke (tricycle) rider during the day, scanning the area for possible victims to attack under the cover of night.
“The investigation is still on as the Police is getting closer to rounding up other members of his gang.
“Exhibits recovered from the suspect are
1 AK-47 rifle
10 magazines
29 rounds of live ammunition”, police said.
