One of the leaders of a gang terrorizing Anambra state has been killed by the police alongside five other gang members.
The police also rescued four kidnapped victims in Neni town, Anaocha Local Government Area of the state.
Spokesman of the state police command, Ikenga Tochukwu, in a statement released on Monday June 6, said the police operatives working with the vigilante in the area stormed the location on Sunday June 5, rescued the four victims and arrested one Emeka, a suspect.
Upon being interrogated, Emeka confessed to the crime and led detectives to the hideout of his gang in Oba where detectives engaged the gangsters in a shootout.
The gang leader, Chinedu Ajogu, was gunned down; while five others, including their native doctor, were arrested.