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Updated: 8 ‘Unknown gunmen’ killed, vehicles recovered in Imo [PHOTOS]
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By Chinonso Alozie, Owerri
Eight people suspected to be hoodlums operating under the name “unknown gunmen” on Thursday night were gunned down in a gun battle with joint security operatives.
Vanguard in Owerri, gathered that the incident which started early hours of Thursday ended at about 9:30 pm with the final battle at Nkwito junction in Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State.
Also, eight vehicles were said to have been recovered from the said hoodlums, as well as sophisticated ammunitions which they used to challenge the joint security forces.
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How I will end insecurity in Imo Abutu Yaro, CP
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By Chinonso Alozie, Owerri
The newly posted Imo state Commissioner of Police, Abutu Yaro, on Thursday, said that he would introduce visibility policing as well as reinvigorate community policing in the state to restore fully the security of lives and properties in Imo.
Yaro started this to newsmen in Owerri, while taking over from Nasiru Mohammed, the outgoing commissioner of police.
To achieve it, he said it would be a community participatory process where everybody will be involved.
According to him, “Within the period the Imo State Police Command will be under my watch, we will do our best to revive our visibility policing. Visibility policing by way of ensuring that police asset and personnel are seen in the public domain and in ungoverned places because visibility policing has the potentials of reducing criminality.