[Mhiz Rebecca]

The Kogi Police Command said on Friday that the
state would experience quiet and peace with the
killing of the notorious serial killer, Lukman Issah
a.k.a commander, on Sept. 3 at Obeiba.
Lukman, according to the police, had killed six
policemen and 19 Christian worshippers before he met
his waterloo in an operation led by the Special Anti-
Robbery Squad (SARS).
“He was a vicious bloodletting, serial killer and
arsonist.
“In the past years, he held forth in the crime world,
leaving many deaths, robberies and arson on his trail.
“Countless number of uniformed personnel including
policemen, soldiers and even prison officers posted to
the state as well as other innocent Nigerians met their
untimely death as they were murdered in cold blood by
Lukman and his gang,” the police said in a statement.
The statement signed by the command’s spokesman,
DSP William Aya, was obtained by the News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN).
The police said Lukman, who hailed from Emani Clan
of Obeiba-Ihima area of Okehi Local Government Area,
“enjoyed a long reign from 2001 to Sept. 3, 2017 before
it was cut short.”
Crimes committed by Lukman and his gang include the
killing of two police officers on stop-and-search
operation on Ogori/Magongo-Okene Road on May 15
this year.
“During the attack, the leader of the Police team ASP
Adetoye Okuntade of Ogori/Magongo Division and
Inspr. Ochekpo Amanyi of 37 Police Mobile Force
Squadron were shot dead while the patrol vehicle used
by the team was set ablaze. “
“Two AK 47 riffles in custody of the two deceased
officers were taken away with a total 60 rounds of
ammunition.
“His gang also attacked men of 37 Police Mobile Force
on special duty at Adogo in Ajaokuta Local
Government Area and killed four of them — Insp.
Maxwell Dan-Zaria , Sgt. Moses Usman, Cpl. Sunday
Ogbole and Constable Bulus Linka.
“They were the brain behind the Aug. 6, 2012 bloody
gun attack on worshippers at a branch of Deeper Life
Bible Church, Otite near Federal College of Education,
Okene, where 19 worshippers were shot dead while
several others sustained varying degrees of injuries.
“Lukman was also a terror to his Ihima community as
he shot dead one of the traditional rulers, the Ohireba
of Ihima in February 2012.
“The Ohireba of Ihima was relaxing in the front of his
house in the evening when he was shot dead. The
killing was linked to the stoppage of Okiri masquerade
outing during the fuel subsidy crisis, ” the statement
said.
It said before Lukman succumbed, he resisted arrest,
while his gang engaged the police in a gun battle with
the operational vehicle riddled with bullets.
“The police purposely did not want him dead as his
death has denied the Force valuable information on his
exploits and accomplices over the years as well as the
recovered weapons in his possession.
“He was even taken to the hospital after the
encounter, but unfortunately, he did not make
it.”(NAN)