The Nigeria Police Force has announced the death of one Henry Chibueze, popularly known as Vampire, who was rescued from prison warders in court in Owerri on January 27.
A statement by the force said the dreaded kidnapper and robber was killed by the IGP Intelligence Response Team (IRT) around 1am on Thursday morning in Omu Awa forest, Ikwere Local Government Area of Rivers State.
Five members of Vampire’s gang were also arrested alive and catches of arms and ammunition recovered from them, the police added.
The five members of gang are now in custody are Obinna Ela, Arinze Abecheta, Chukwu Ebuka, Samuel Ugochukwu and Clifford Aheana.
“They are responsible for so many kidnap and armed robbery attacks in Imo, Abia, Rivers, Delta and other states in the south-south/south-east where several innocent people were killed by the gang,” the police said, adding that “they will be paraded and charged to court on completion of investigation.”
