A police Inspector (name withheld), on Thursday, killed two armed bandits who invaded his house in Orogwe, Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State.

This was disclosed via a statement issued by the Imo State Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Micheal Abattam, on Thursday.

Gunmen had, on Monday, invaded the community and killed no fewer than seven people while six others were critically injured.

Abattam said the suspected bandits jumped a perimeter wall of the building and gained entrance into the police Inspector’s apartment, but were resisted by the officer.

He stated: “On 04/8/2022 at about 0222hrs, armed bandits in their numbers, invaded the house of a Police Inspector attached to one of the formations in the command and jumped the perimeter wall into the compound at Aforukwu, Orogwe in Owerri West Local Government Area.

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“They destroyed the iron burglary protector and front door, entered inside the flat, but were taken by surprise as the police inspector who professionally placed himself at a vantage position, engaged the bandits in an aggressive gun duel.

“The hoodlums who were stunned and confused by the staccato sound emanating from the rifle of the officer, took to their heels, scampering for safety and were given a hot chase and in the process, one of them was neutralised.”

Abattam added that the Inspector alerted Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Ogbaku Division, who mobilised and rushed to the scene and combed the surrounding bushes where another corpse, two locally made pistols, and an identity card were recovered.

The police spokesperson noted that the recovered identity card belongs to one of the neutralised bandits, Chukwuemezie Chukwu, a native of Atta in Ikeduru Local Government Area of the state.

The Star