Two Suspects Arrested After Gun Duel with Police

Two suspects, Chigozie Johnson and Umuerima Oguta, were arrested by the Joint Security Team comprising Police Operatives attached to Uli Police Station and Uli Vigilantes on patrol of Operation Udo Ga Chi – Zero Kidnapping on 19th of April 2025 along Uli, Amorka, along Onitsha-Owerri Road.

The suspects, who were around the ages of 30-32, were arrested after a gun duel with the security agencies, two motorbikes, and a pump action gun.

According to SP Tochukwu Ikenga on Sunday, the suspects confessed to being among members of the criminal gang and were on an evil mission before they were arrested. Meanwhile, during the Police operative’s search in a nearby bush, a lot of blood stains were observed – an indication that some of the gang members escaped with bullet wounds.

Meanwhile, the Command urges all proprietors of private and public hospitals to admit, but report any individual presented with bullet wounds or injuries of a suspicious nature to the nearest Police Station.