An armourer to Boboski, a suspected notorious kidnapper and armed robber operating in the Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State an...
An armourer to Boboski, a suspected
notorious kidnapper and armed robber operating in the Gokana Local
Government Area of Rivers State and its environs, was reportedly gunned
down on Thursday during a joint operation by the personnel of the
Nigerian Army and the police.
It was gathered that the security
personnel had through intelligence located the hideout of the armourer,
who was said to be the second-in-command of Boboski.
A top security source, who spoke with our correspondent on condition of
anonymity, explained that the armourer and his gang had opened fire on
the soldiers and policemen from their hideout when they noticed that
they had been surrounded.
The fierce gun battle, according to the
source, lasted several hours as the criminal gang tried to no avail to
protect their armoury located in a thick forest in Gokana.
While Boboski’s armourer, whose name
could not be ascertained as of the time of filing this report, and other
members of the gang were gunned down during the battle, a huge cache of
arms and ammunition was recovered from the hideout.
The security source stated, “Yes, an
armourer to Boboski, who doubles as his second-in-command, was killed in
a gun battle today (Thursday). The armourer was killed in a bush, where
he and other gang members were guarding arms and ammunition used in
perpetrating crime in the Gokana LGA.
“It was a joint operation. Soldiers and
policemen traced the hideout of the armourer and his gang. As they got
closer to the hideout and the armoury, there was a fierce exchange of
gunfire and the armourer was shot dead.”
It was gathered that the escaped gang
members later attacked a village in what appeared to be a reprisal by
the hoodlums, who felt that some residents of the village must have
given out information about their hideout to the security agencies.
When contacted, the State Police Public
Relations Officer, Mr Nnamdi Omoni, said though he was aware of the
development, he had not been briefed about it.
Boboski and his gang had been terrorising Gokana and its environs before Governor Nyesom Wike placed a bounty on him.
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