PARADE OF DESMOND OKOTUBO, A SENIOR GANG MEMBER OF THE DEADLY KIDNAP FOR RANSOM AND CULTIST SYNDICATE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE KILLINGS OF INNOCENT PEOPLE ON 1st JANUARY,2018 IN OMOKU RIVERS STATE BY CSP JIMOH MOSHOOD, FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER AT THE FORCE HEADQUARTERS, ABUJA ON 11th JANUARY, 2018.
Concerned
by the Gruesome Murder of Innocent people in Omoku Rivers state on the
1st January, 2018 by the vicious and Notorious kidnap for ransom and
cult syndicate leader Don Wanny and his gang. The Inspector General of
Police, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris, NPM, mni set-up special Police joint
investigation team, comprising the IGP-Intelligence Response Team IRT,
the Force Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department, Force
Department of Operations and the Rivers State Police Command to
immediately unravel those behind the killings and bring them to Justice.
2.
The IGP-Intelligence Response Team IRT attached to the Joint Police
Special Investigation Team engaged some of the suspects in their
hideouts in Awara Forest boundary between Imo and Rivers State, the
shoot out lasting several hours resulted in the death of six (6) of the
suspects while others escaped with bullet wound injury to other
locations in Rivers, Delta, Imo and Bayelsa States and the Police Teams
are currently on their trail.
3.
The IGP-Intelligence Response Team IRT working on an actionable
intelligence further identified Desmond Okotubo who escaped on the 3rd
January, 2018 to Abuja after a shoot out with the Police Team in a
location in Imo State, he was trailed to Mpape in Abuja where he was
arrested after serious resistance on the 9th January, 2018.
4.
This principal Suspect, Desmond Okotubo 32yrs, is a Native of
Egbenma from Unelga LGA Rivers State Confessed to be one of the
masterminds of the gang and actively participated in the killings of
innocent people in Omoku Rivers state on the New Year day. He further
gave details of how they planned the Operation in Awara Town Imo State
before they carried out the act.
5. The
suspect, Desmond Okotubo also revealed to the Police how their Gang
leader Don Wanny gathered them and briefed them on the night of 31st
January, 2017 on the mission to attack and kill the residents of Omoku
town. Thirty (30) of them Armed with over Twenty (20) AK47 Rifles
crossed the river from Awara to Omoku forest and proceeded to Omoku
town and opened fire on innocent Citizens celebrating the new year.
6.
Investigation is being intensified to arrest other members of the
gang still at large to get to the root of the matter. The suspect will
be arraigned in court on completion of investigation.
7.
The renewed commitment of the Nigeria Police Force to guarantee
adequate protection of lives and property across the country remains
unequivocal and unwavering.
CSP Jimoh Moshood Force Public Relation Officer.
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