From Chuks Okocha in Abuja, 03.31.2005

The Police said the attackers are armed robbers and not assailants as otherwise reported.
The former Managing Director of Nigeria Airways, Mr. Andrew Agwon and a Police Sergeant who were part of the governor's convoy were killed in the attack which occurred in March 2004.
The acting Inspector General of Police, Mr. Sunday Ehindero, announced police findings on the attack while briefing newsmen on the smashing of armed banditry by the police in Abuja, Nasarawa, Niger, Enugu, Kaduna, Ondo, Edo, Kogi, Benue and Kwara States.
Ehindero said the 35 suspects participated in the following operations which included attack on Akume, attack on the Chairman of Independent Corrupt Practice and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Justice Mustapha Akanbi's escort vehicles on March 12, where a police man, Sergeant Makama on escort duty was killed by the bandits along Mokwa - Ezhi - Jebba road and attack on a luxury bus plying Lokoja - Abuja road at Awawa Village. In this robbery incident, two police escort were disposed of two AK 47 rifles.

The guns have been recovered from the bandits.
Ehindero explained that the 35 suspects would be prosecuted within a week from yesterday in the High Court for conspiracy to commit felony, brigandage and armed robbery.
The police boss disclosed that the Command recovered 16 assorted firearms made up of the 9 AK 47 rifles, 1 FNC rifle, 1 Barreta S/No M31974, 2 K2 rifles- S/N 594273 and 4350 among others.
He said the sum of N340,000 was recovered by police from one Mohammed Umar in Kaduna as he was returning from a successful robbery operation.
Also the Police Inspector General said two police men, Corporal Daniel Ngikar of the Zone 4 Police Headquarters, Markudi and Inspector Bala Mahan of the Police State Command were arrested a suppliers of ammunition to some robbery suspects.