Police Confirm Owerri Robbery, Debunk Fire In Assembly Complex

The Imo Police Command has confirmed Sunday’s robbery attack on
motorists in Orji area of Owerri, which left four persons with
bullet injuries.

The command’s Spokesperson, SP Orlando Ikeokwu, confirmed the
incident to newsmen in Owerri.

Mr Orlando said the victims of the attack had been taken to the
Federal Medical Center, Owerri for treatment.

NAN reports that the incident took place near the Orji
Divisional Police Headquarters on Owerri-Okigwe Road around
10.30pm.

It was learnt that the hoodlums, who were trailing an unmarked
security vehicle, double-crossed it at Orji and opened fire on the
driver.

Eyewitness account said the gunmen also robbed other motorists
and commuters in commercial vehicles at the same spot.

The account further said the robbers shot sporadically after the
operation to scare away people, before making their escape.

“It was during the sporadic shooting that three more persons
around area were hit by bullet,” the eyewitness said on the
condition of anonymity.

The incident caused tension and panic in the area, forcing
residents and passersby to run helter-skelter for their lives.

NAN reports that the robbery, which came barely one day after
the attack on Gov. Hope Uzodinma’s country home in Omuma, had
further heightened the fear of insecurity in the state.

In another development, the police spokesman has debunked the
report of alleged attack on the Imo House of Assembly.

In a statement, he described the online video, showing the
assembly complex under fire, as false.

According to him, the building, which was on fire in a social
media, was neither the state house of assembly nor any building in
Imo.NAN

The Imo Police Command has confirmed Sunday’s robbery attack on
motorists in Orji area of Owerri, which left four persons with
bullet injuries.

The command’s Spokesperson, SP Orlando Ikeokwu, confirmed the
incident to newsmen in Owerri.

Mr Orlando said the victims of the attack had been taken to the
Federal Medical Center, Owerri for treatment.

NAN reports that the incident took place near the Orji
Divisional Police Headquarters on Owerri-Okigwe Road around
10.30pm.

It was learnt that the hoodlums, who were trailing an unmarked
security vehicle, double-crossed it at Orji and opened fire on the
driver.

Eyewitness account said the gunmen also robbed other motorists
and commuters in commercial vehicles at the same spot.

The account further said the robbers shot sporadically after the
operation to scare away people, before making their escape.

“It was during the sporadic shooting that three more persons
around area were hit by bullet,” the eyewitness said on the
condition of anonymity.

The incident caused tension and panic in the area, forcing
residents and passersby to run helter-skelter for their lives.

NAN reports that the robbery, which came barely one day after
the attack on Gov. Hope Uzodinma’s country home in Omuma, had
further heightened the fear of insecurity in the state.

In another development, the police spokesman has debunked the
report of alleged attack on the Imo House of Assembly.

In a statement, he described the online video, showing the
assembly complex under fire, as false.

According to him, the building, which was on fire in a social
media, was neither the state house of assembly nor any building in
Imo.NAN