The Deputy Director, Army Public Relations of 6 Division, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Col. Aminu Iliyasu, yesterday evening revealed how Augustine Agulegbu, aka Nana, the Chief Security Officer (CSO) to the killed notorious terrorist, Johnson Igwedibia, aka Don Waney, was gunned down in Delta State.
He disclosed that Agulegbu was planning to attack security agencies’ locations, churches and schools in Rivers, before he was gunned down by a combined team of soldiers and operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS).
Iliyasu said: “In compliance with the Presidential directive to fish out and bring to justice the perpetrators of the heinous killings of 23 innocent residents of Omoku in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area (ONELGA) of Rivers State on January 1, 2018 by the notorious Don Waney criminal cult group, troops of 222 Battalion, Nigerian Army, in conjunction with operatives of the DSS, Rivers State Command, tracked one of the members of the killer criminal gang, Augustine Agulegbu, the CSO to the late Don Waney, and the 6th in command of the criminal gang.
“After painstaking efforts by the security agencies, Agulegbu was traced to his hideout at a location along New Sapele Road, Obiaruku in Ukwani Local Government Area of Delta State in the early hours of February 14, 2018. He was among the killer squad that killed 23 worshippers returning from the crossover service on January 1, 2018 at Omoku, Rivers State.
“Reliable information also has it that he (Agulegbu) and other gang members, still at large. were already making plans to attack security agencies’ locations, churches and schools within Rivers State, as a reprisal to the clampdown on their remnants now at large. Agulegbu was, however, shot in an encounter with the security operatives and died before reaching the hospital.”
Deputy director, army public relations also revealed that Agulegbu’s body had been brought to Port Harcourt and handed over to the Rivers police command.
