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Killer of Imo-born US Soldier, killed by gang members

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The Abia State Police Com­mand has confirmed the death of a notori­ous robber-cum-kid­napper responsible for many high profile robbery and kidnapping incidents in the state and the neigh­bouring states .

A press statement issued by the command’s spokesman,  Mr Geoffrey Ogbonna,  on Thursday,  in Umuahia , gave the name of the dreaded criminal as one Samuel Kalu alias “Obere”.

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The statement said the slain criminal , who was arrested on May 27 at Okai Item in Bende Local Government Area following a tip-off , was responsible for the gruesome mur­der of Mbieri, Imo State-born US Ma­rine, Chuks Okebata. The victims had reportedly visited his hometown in December 2016, when he was gruesomely murdered.

According to the statement, the crimi­nal had also con­fessed to the killing of eight members of the Abia Vigi­lante Services (a.k.a Bakassi Boys) who were slaughtered ear­ly this year in Aba.

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Police said the slain criminal  died in a cross-fire following a shootout with his gang members while leading police detec­tives to their hideout. A police detective was wounded during the raid.

The statement further  appealed to members of the public to report any person(s) with gun­shot wounds to the nearest police sta­tion, as the criminals are currently on the run.

 

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