Peter Chukwu, a notorious gang leader suspected to be behind the murder of the Community Development Committee Chairman, Mgboshimini in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state, Ndidi Livingstone, have been killed by the Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command.
This was made known by the Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Olatunji Disu, while briefing newsmen in Port Harcourt on Thursday.
It will be recalled that the hoodlum stormed the church where the community chairman had gone to worship and shot him dead him in the presence of his wife and children.
The CP also said the miscreant popularly known as Daddy Chukwu, and his gang had invaded the community in a separate attack and killed 22 persons on October 9, 2017, and escaped unchallenged.
He said, “Officers of this command gathered intelligence and operatives comprising of Rivers State tactical teams, the Intelligence Response Team with the assistance of Delta State Police Command stormed his hideout in Ibusa, Delta State.
“He was found hybernating in the residence of his herbalist where he went for spiritual fortification. He put up fierce resistance, and in an attempt to escape, he was fatally wounded, and he succumbed to the injury before arriving at the hospital.”
According to him, the suspected criminal who had been on the wanted list of the state police command since October 2017 fled the state.
