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Police Kill Three In Connection To Death Of Youth President In Rivers

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Three gunmen suspected to have killed Mr Nnafor Ogbu, the Ogale Eleme Youth President, have been gunned down by the Rivers Police command

According to Mr Nnamdi Omoni, the Command Spokesman, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) who spoke with newsmen in Port Harcourt today, the gang broke into Ogbu’s house in Ogale, Eleme Local Government Area and shot him dead.

According to him, Mr Elijah Eleke, the DPO of the Area, quickly mobilized men of the Division in search of the hoodlums.

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Omoni said the gang was intercepted at the refinery junction in Port Harcourt.

According to him, the suspects immediately opened fire on the police.

“In a return fire, three of them were fatally wounded and died before medical attention could be given, while others escaped,” he said.

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He added that the four corpses had been evacuated and deposited in a mortuary.

Omoni said one locally made double barrel gun and 11 live cartridges were recovered from the suspects.

The spokesman said investigations into the matter had commenced, assuring that the fleeing members of the gang would be arrested and brought to justice.

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