Police kill 3 suspects who planned attack on plane in Port Harcourt
The Nigeria Police Force says a special intelligence team intercepted and killed 3 suspected armed robbers who were on a mission to attack an Arik plane on Monday following a tip-off.
The suspected criminals reportedly engaged the Police in a shootout at the busy UTC Junction in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, with one of them suffering gunshot wounds.
An eyewitness told PUNCH that one of the suspects alighted from their car and opened fire on some policemen after they had been forced to stop at a traffic light due to other cars that had queued ahead of them.
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The surviving suspect, identified as Peter James, confessed that the gang had planned to attack a plane belonging to Arik.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Nnamdi Omoni confirmed the incident, adding that the suspect confessed to being one of the members of a gang that killed a police corporal during the All Progressives Congress rally in Okrika in 2015.
“On interrogation, the suspect said they were on a mission to attack an Arik plane,” Omoni said.
“Today, November 28, 2016, the IGP Intelligence Response Team, working on credible intelligence, intercepted this gang of armed robbers, who were heading to Arik Airline.
“Then there was an exchange of fire at the end of which three of them were killed and one was arrested. The arrested suspect, who gave his name as Peter James, 30 year old, and a native of Bayelsa State, is currently helping us with our investigation,” the Police PRO further said.
