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Gallant Police Officers
A notorious leader of a kidnap gang terrorising the Emohua axis of the East-West Road, Onuigwe Nwodi and three members of his gang have been gunned down by the police.
It was gathered Nowdi, who had kidnapped, injured and killed travellers plying the East-West road, was killed in Okirika during a gun battle with the police on Tuesday morning.
Pictures of their bullet-ridden corpses were seen trending online.
Nwodi and members of his gang were also said to be responsible for the recent kidnapping of Justice Azunda, the Protocol Officer to the former Chief of Staff, Rivers State Government, Emeka Woke.
The protocol officer was kidnapped in Isiodu community.
The Chairman of Emohua initially declared Nwodi wanted and placed a bounty of N1m on him and later increased the reward to N2m.
The Rivers State Police command was yet to speak on the matter. (The Nation)
