The police said, “The proscribed organisation attacked the police checkpoint unprovoked, wielding machetes, improvised explosive devices” and knives.
Mr Emhenya’s death in detention comes as another episode of persons dying in a police cell.
The suspect is one of two kidnappers FCT minister placed a bounty on.
Protests over hunger and economic hardship have already been recorded in parts of the country, including Minna, Ibadan, Kano, etc.
One AK-47 rifle, 10 mobile phones, a cash sum of three hundred and forty-five thousand naira and other items were recovered from the suspects.
On sighting the Police operatives, the bandits engaged them in a gun duel and were outlasted by the firepower of the Police which forced them to abandon the victims.
Preliminary findings indicate that an overheated metal refuse container activated under intense heat, exploded, thereby causing injury to two of the refuse evacuators.
Peoples Gazette had previously reported that Ms Ade-John, 60, was hospitalised after suffering acute poisoning from unknown origins.
Ms Samuel was arrested along with his boyfriend, who specialised in snatching GSM phones from innocent commuters.
They also identified mob action and vandalisation of equipment by hoodlums as the other challenges.