The Imo State Police Command has prevented an attempted attack by armed bandits on Omuma community, the town of Governor Hope Uzodinma in Oru East Local Government area of the state.
The bandits, who were reportedly coming in a convoy of three vehicles, killed a Divisional Police Officer, Fatmann Dooiyor in the process.
Confirming the incident on Tuesday, the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Micheal Abattam, Disclosed that the Omuma Area Commander, Benjamin Abang alerted the tactical teams of the state command based on information of sighting bandits moving in convoy into Omuma Town,
Working on this information, the tactical teams immediately swung into action, ambushed and launched a surprise attack on the convoy of the bandits.
As a result of the ambush, six members of the bandits were killed while eleven of them were arrested.
The teams also recovered the three vehicles abandoned by the bandits.
The Police are intensifying efforts to further comb the surrounding bush for possible arrest of more bandits who fled into the bush.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police in the State Abutu Yaro, has warned that bandits with penchant for sporadic incursion from neighbouring states should keep off Imo state or face dire consequences.
