Anambra police kill female armed robbery gang leader known as Madame Commander

MEN of the Anambra State Special Anti-Robbery Squad have shot dead the female leader of a local armed robbery gang popularly known as Madame Commander along with four of her members in a gun duel.

 

Described as the kingpin of the five-man gang, the lady led a group said to be a notorious robbery and car-snatching syndicate. They were killed in neighbouring Delta State along the Nnebis Road in Asaba.

 

Ali Okechukwu, a spokesman for the Anambra State Police Command, said that the Delta State Police Command had arrested and handed over one Obisma to his colleagues and they then followed up the information he gave them. He added that the culprit named other members and confessed to a series of armed robberies and vehicle-snatching operations in and outside the state.

 

Mr Okechukwu said. “Obisma led our operatives to Asaba for the arrest of his accomplices and recovery of their operational weapons.”

According to Mr Okechukwu,  the policemen were attacked by the gang members upon arrival at the robbers’ den in Asaba. He said that during the shootout that ensued, some of the suspects were gunned down.