Operatives of the Imo State police command and the military have reportedly killed four Point of Sale, POS, robbers at Umuaka in the Njaba Local Government Area.
Eyewitnesses said gun duel between the robbers and the security team lasted for several hours after intelligence information was dispatched to the security operatives who were in a nearby axis and they swiftly responded.
It was gathered that on sighting the security operatives, the hoodlums were said to have immediately opened fire on them, who quickly responded, leading to the instant death of three of them while the other gave up the ghost in a hospital.
Punch quoted a source who said, “It was a heavy gun battle. The residents of the area run away owing to the intensity of the gun battle. At end of the day, four robbers were neutralized. The robbers came to rob POS operatives.”
When contacted, the police spokesperson for the command, Micheal Abattam, said that while three robbers died on the spot, the other died in a hospital.
He said that the command would continue to make the state uncomfortable for criminal elements.
