Jubilation in Imo state as police kill the most-wanted and dreaded Imo armed robber (Details, pics)

There was jubilation at the Imo State Police Command headquarters in Owerri when the remains of the state’s ‘most-wanted’ armed robber, Ihechi Nwankwo, were brought from Umuahia, the Abia State capital

The spokesman for the state Police Command, Andrew Enwerem, who spoke to reporters, said the armed robber had been on the wanted list of the command for a long time.

Ihechi, a 27-year-old who hailed from Amaumara in the Ezinihitte Mbaise area of the state, has been terrorising people of the state for so long.

Enwerem said Nwankwo had robbed a bank customer of N8m at Access Bank at Ahiara Junction on August 8.

He had also robbed one Jovita Enwerem of N650,000 at gunpoint at Ahiara Junction on June 21.

However, Nwankwo met his waterloo after he masterminded a robbery attack on a Chinese expatriate in Owerri in May.

The expatriate was said to have been dispossessed of his N10m, while his police guard was killed in the criminal operation.

Enwerem said:

“On September 28, the state police command control room was alerted to a robbery attack along Wetheral Road, Owerri.
“A customer of the Wetheral Road branch of Zenith Bank had gone to the bank to withdraw N50m. On their way, along Wetheral Road, they were confronted by a daredevil armed robbery gang operating with a grey colour Toyota Corolla with number plate ABJ 951AA that blocked the convoy and immediately opened fire on the police escorts.