4 fake SARS officers killed in Rivers

The fake SARS officers had disguised as security agents to rob Ogbogoro community in rivers.

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4 fake SARS officers killed in Rivers

Four individuals who disguised as Special Anti-Robbery Squad operatives have been killed by Federal SARS

The killing follows a distress call from an unknown individual on Saturday at Ogbogoro community in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State.

This occurred as armed robbers, operating around the Iloabuchi area of Mile 2 Diobu, Port Harcourt City, on Saturday night, murdered a police officer in the area, leaving a local vigilante member and some others with varying degrees of bullet wounds.

The vigilante member and the other injured persons had been taken to the hospital.

Naija News gathered that residents in the area observed that the assailants were observed fake security operatives, prompting the community members to alert Ozuoba Police Station.

A source revealed that when SARS operatives got the vicinity, the fake SARS officers engaged them in a gun battle.

Confirming the incident, the Commander of F-SARS in the state, Akin Fakorede, his men killed a four-man robbery group that paraded themselves as SARS operatives to rob some residents.

The commander also explained that bandits engaged the SARS men in a gun fight of which the SARS officers overcame and killed the assailants.

FAkorede recalled that the same gang had earlier in the year murdered a taxi driver operating in the area.

He said: “A four-man robbery gang with their AK-47 rifles, impersonating as SARS operatives, met their end on December 16, 2017 at Ogbogoro.

“The gang had gone to rob one Mr. Wey Nwinanadun.

“They went to rob Nwinanadun at his residence in Ogbogoro; the gang had previously robbed in the Ada George and Iwofe area of the City. SARS is determined to root out all criminal gangs operating in the state under whatever guise.”