Police arrest suspected killers of General Duru, others

Imo State Police Command has announced the suspected killers of A retired Major General, Richard Duru and the recovery of 552 live rounds of ammunition.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Henry Okoye, who addressed journalists on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, Aboki Danjuma, stated that the successful outcome of the arrest was a result of the proactive operational strategies adopted by the men and officers of the command in the fight against violent crimes and other related offences in the state.
Okoye said that one of the breakthroughs recorded by the command was the arrest of killers of Richard Duru, who was said to have been kidnapped along Bishops Court, Area 7, Orji/Uratta Owerri in his black Mercedes but was later killed after collecting 50,000 dollars ransom from his family.
He further informed that the arrest of the killers of the general was carried out by the operatives of anti-kidnapping unit of the command through a sustained follow up of intelligent gathering that led to the apprehension of the gang leader and other members of the terror group.