The Imo State Police command has unveiled the identities of the gun men that attacked Mbieri Police Station in Mbaitoli Local Government Area of the state on Friday.
Police spokesman in the state, Micheal Abattam, made this known to journalists in Owerri on Saturday.
The police listed the names of “Solomon Umunakwu ‘male’ and Uzoma Umunakwe ‘male’ both natives of Mbieri in Mbaitoli LGA of Imo. Also, Kelechi Onuoma ‘male’ aka Ikaba and kelvin Onuoma ‘male’ aka Alabalaba both natives of Atta in Njaba LGA of Imo State as the perpetrators of the act”.
He said, “The police operatives, after a diligent gathering of credible intelligence which revealed that one Solomon Umunakwu ‘m’ and Uzoma Umunakwe ‘m’ both natives of Mbieri in Mbaitoli LGA of Imo State, escapees from Imo Correctional Center Jail Break of 5th April 2021, Kelechi Onuoma ‘m’ aka Ikaba and kelvin Onuoma ‘m’ aka Alabalaba both natives of Atta in Njaba LGA of Imo State in the company of their gang members led the foiled attack on Mbieri Police Station.
The police said they stormed the house of Solomon Umunakwu in Mbieri on same day but the hoodlum escaped abandoning the vehicles, a Blue Colour Toyota Corolla LE with registration number ABC 695 HA and one Ash colour Acura MDX SUV vehicle with registration number RRT 149 AG, they used in the operation.
He added that, “Following the recovery of the vehicles, the police operatives then moved to the hideouts of other gang members in Atta in Njaba LGA of Imo state. On searching the hideouts the following items were recovered; three locally made pistols, one cut to size gun, one Beretta pistol number NAF-P 3296, one dagger, four rounds of live cartridges, two police belts, one Eastern Security Network uniform, one black beret, one army camouflage scarf, two big sacks of weeds suspected to be Indian hemp and one iron saw blade. Meanwhile, the police operatives are on an aggressive manhunt for the fleeing hoodlums.”
