Two police officers attached to ‘Operation Delta Safe’ have been killed by marauding gunmen who attacked the operatives at a deplorable portion of Ugbolu-Illah road in Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State.
The hoodlums also carted away the service rifles of the deceased officers.
This is coming on the heels of another attack in Ughelli area of the state where a police Inspector who was on an escort mission to a church, was shot dead and his service riffle removed by yet-to-be-identified gunmen.
In the Ugbolu-Illah road incident, our correspondent learnt that some officers in the patrol team sustained severe bullet injuries.
Local sources lamented that the road has been a safe haven for armed robbers to operate on a regular basis particularly at night.
According to a source, no fewer than 10 policemen have lost their lives on that road to armed robbery attacks in the last four years.
The source who claimed that he was directly behind the vehicle used by the hoodlums for the operation, alleged that on getting to the checkpoint which is just by the failed portion the suspected armed robbers opened fire on the policemen who returned fire, adding that some of the policemen ran into the bush.
He said the two police officers were found dead when the dust settled, adding that, “the armed robbers asked us to reverse and go back as they were for the policemen.
“So many passengers including me also ran into the bush for safety. Police patrol Hilux and sienna buses later came to the spot.
“Four Operation Delta Hawk, patrol vans entered Ugbolu community about an hour after the robbery incidence.”
