Police arrest four suspected robbers, recover six fire arms in Rivers

The Rivers State Police Command says it has arrested 4 suspected members of a transgression pack allegedly progressive successful equipped robbery and kidnapping, with six firearms and 58 rounds of unrecorded ammunition recovered during the operation.

The bid said the arrests followed an intelligence-driven cognition successful Rumuekpe, Emohua Local Government Area, connected October 4, 2026, and the consequent apprehension of 1 of the suspects successful Owerri, Imo State.

In a connection issued connected Wednesday, the Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Agabe Blessing Kaborlo, identified the suspects arsenic Chinemerem Uchewo, Michael Ishaka, Abdulahi George and Gideon Okah.

The constabulary said preliminary investigations had linked the suspects to reported cases of equipped robbery and kidnapping successful Choba, Elele Alimini, Emohua and Rumuekpe communities.

According to the statement, the suspects besides confessed to the sidesplitting of Joseph Onyeka during a robbery successful Rumuji Community connected July 23, 2026, and the shooting of a constabulary officer, Inspector Womoma astatine a constabulary checkpoint on the East-West Road adjacent Elele Alimini Junction connected August 4, 2026.

The firearms recovered see 2 AK-47 rifles, 2 pump-action guns, an English-made double-barrel firearm and a locally made revolver pistol.

The bid said it is pursuing different suspected members of the gang, portion Commissioner of Police Olugbenga Adepoju praised ...