There was jubilation at the Imo state police command yesterday as police officers celebrated the death of a notorious armed robber, Ihechi Nwankwo, who had been terrorizing the state for years.
According to the state police public relations officer, Andrew Enwerem, the suspect who hails from Amaumara in the Ezinihitte Mbaise Local Government Area of the state, had been on their wanted list for a long time. He was accused of masterminding a lot of armed robbery attacks in the state.
In an interview with Southern City News, Enwerem said the slain suspect was involved in robbing a bank customer of N8m at Access Bank at Ahiara Junction on August 8th. He also robbed one Jovita Enwerem of N650,000 at gunpoint at Ahiara Junction on June 21st. In May, Ihechi also attacked and disposed a Chinese expatriate of N10 million in Owerri and killed the expatriate's security officer. On how Ihechi was killed, Enwerem said