Imo state
August 21, 2023
The Imo State Police Command, on Monday, confirmed the killing of a couple by armed robbers, while attempting to rob a point-of-sale (POS) shop along Egbu Road in Owerri, the state capital.
The police spokesman in the state, Henry Okoye told Channels Television that the command received a distress call last Sunday night that robbers had attacked the shop owned by “a young man”.
According to Okoye, the shop owner’s father, a retired police officer, and his mother were rushed to a nearby hospital but died.
While commiserating with the family of the deceased, the Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Barde, has ordered an investigation into the matter and activated the anti-robbery squad of the command to go after the culprits.
