The Police Command in Anambra in a statement on Tuesday has lauded Gov. Willie Obiano for rewarding eight policemen, who foiled an armed robbery attack at Regina Caeli junction on Enugu-Onitsha expressway, Awka, with N2 million.
The Command’s spokesman, Haruna Mohammed, said Obiano’s gesture was a morale booster to the policemen and other security agencies.
He said the governor’s wife, Ebelechukwu Obiano, donated four bags of 50kg rice to the police operatives.
The officers, comprising three inspectors, four sergeants and a constable, all attached to MOPOL 29, Awka, foiled the robbery attack on Monday.
Mohammed said the policemen responded to a distress call that a 25-year-old man had snatched a bag, containing the sum of N3.5 million cash, from a man identified as Ebuka Ukeakpu.
He alleged that the man, who was armed with a rifle, fired indiscriminately in his bid to escape, but was repelled by the policemen.
The police spokesman said the suspect was arrested, while the firearms he used and the money were recovered.
He said the suspect and four other persons, hit with the stray pellets he discharged, were receiving treatment at a police hospital.