While the procedure continued, the gang closed off entries and exits to the community. dressed in a white cassock, Rev. Fr. James Ani, in business with about eight other people held the community by the jugular and prepared siege on their prey for hours.
It was accumulated that they combed the community to glimpse if they could find a prime goal to kidnap on which they could feed. As the siege was going on, a group of anti-robbery patrol group generally on routine checks on communities in the state was passing by and accosted the gang.
On glimpsing the police group, Fr. Ani reportedly instructed his ‘boys’ to launch offensive. Wielding unsafe weapons, the gang allegedly engaged the policeman team in fierce cannon duel which farther dispatched habitants of the community and vacationers scampering for safety.
throughout the conflict, Fr. Ani and his gang allegedly got contain of one Inspector Cosmas Nzeribe and a twosome of his colleagues, and almost sniffed life out of them. They although bowed to the better firepower of the regulation enforcement agents premier to their apprehend. Before they were apprehended, the hoodlums impaired the two vehicles utilised by the policeman. In the end, Fr. Ani and three other ones; Ugwu Marcel, Obasi Felix and Norbert Eke were apprehended and taken to custody. About five other members of the gang got away from the scene of the attack.
In a brief talk with reporters, an eye observer, who identified himself as Okey, said: “I ply this street very often and I can notify you that most tourists had had harrowing
experiences to share about this location. It is such a awful location and when the robbers were apprehended and we glimpsed a presumed man of God amidst them, not numerous of us were surprised because we had skilled that before in this locality. lawless persons would put on cloths meant for the clergymen to steal persons. express gratitude God, this one was caught.”
At the time of his arrest, Fr. Ani claimed that he is not a thief but a cleric. However, upon interrogation, he confessed to his misdeed, saying he was shoved into the crime due to lull in his business. representative of Enugu policeman Command, Ebere Amaraizu verified the arrest. He said “The Commissioner of policeman has said it
many times that there is no hiding location for lawless persons again in Enugu. This declaration he is matching with actions which are apparent in the arrest of the four supposes.
envisage someone presumed to be a man of God, being the ring foremost in such a crime