°Sergeant also arrested over gun running
Seven Policemen from the Bayelsa State police Command were shot dead in Ughelli, Delta State over their alleged involvement in armed robbery operations in the area .
The Policemen who allegedly turned to robbers were said to have been shot dead during a gun battle with men of the Delta State Anti-robbery Squad Tuesday night. It was also gathered that another police sergeant, attached to the State Police Command armoury was also arrested and transferred to the Headquarters of the Nigerian Police Force in Abuja over his alleged involvement in illegal hiring out of guns to criminal elements in the state.
According to investigations, the development had caused disquiet in the state command considering the ranks of those involved which are Sergeants and Corporals.
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“They were reported to have engaged in armed robbery activities when they encountered the Delta Special Anti-robbery squad in a shootout and they were all killed,”
a source said.
Sources at the command said some officers from the Bayelsa State Police Command were in Ughelli to retrieve the bodies of the dead policemen. However, the Bayelsa State Commissioner of Police, Nkereuwem Akpan said he was not aware of any incident of such nature.
Akpan in an interview, said,
“To the best of my knowledge, I am not aware of such incident”
