Tension In Aba As Criminal Gang Behead ASP

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Criminals said to be responsible for the gruesome murder of an Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP, along East Street Ndiegoro, Aba in Abia State have threatened to sack residents of the area.

The ASP popularly known as ‘Agbalagba’ from Ebonyi State was gruesomely murdered with his head cut off along East Street on Tuesday morning

at about past 5 am while the gang made away with his gun and uniform.

In the course of an investigation, A Police source revealed that the killing of the ASP from what they have gathered so far is linked to a notorious criminal group whose leader was killed during a gun battle on Sunday 23rd April 2023.

On Sunday 23rd of April 2023, the leader of the gang who is popularly known as JT met with his waterloo in a gun battle with men of the Nigerian Police when he was sighted by police carrying out criminal activities.

The Police source revealed that JT and his gang on sighting the police opened fire and the police gave them a hot chase up to the Orji Uzor-Kalu bridge linking Ngwa Road, Pepples and Akpu Road.

It was gathered that JT on seeing the determination of the police to get him apprehended jumped into the Aba River to try to escape through the Ovom/Azumini link of the River before the determined officers gunned him down right inside the river.

Residents of the area gathered and celebrated the demise of JT believing that one of their biggest fears and adversaries has left them, but the incident of Tuesday, May 2nd at East Street where the gang killed the police Superintendent sent fear into the people.

A resident who spoke anonymously said that the gruesome killing on Tuesday has sent many residents of East Street, Ngwa Road, Akpu Road, Ndoki Street, Etche Road, and Ulasi Road all within the Ndiegoro axis into panic as the criminals were said to have threatened that police and residents will have it hot henceforth.

‘With what we heard, they said they’ve declared war on police and we the residents. I don’t know what happened but the way they killed him with his head removed and what we heard they were shouting during the murderous act shows that this city needs serious attention now,” he said.

A retired police officer who equally preferred to speak anonymously told the New Telegraph that with the threat to burn down police formation and attack more officers, it is time for the Inspector General of Police, the Commissioner of police and other security heads to pay attention to what is happening in Ndiegoro, especially the areas linking it with Ogbor-Hill.