Two suspected armed robbers were gunned down in Asaba, Delta State capital, during a gun duel with the Police.
This is coming as 16 persons suspected to have been abducted by gunmen in Ughelli, were rescued by operatives of the state police command following a shoot-out.
The 16 workers were attacked by gunmen at the hotel building site in the Ogor community, Ughelli.
But patrol teams of operatives who were dispatched to the scene, engaged the hoodlums in a shootout, and rescued the workers unhurt, and also recovered a Toyota Highlander SUV.
Acting Public Relations Officer of the command, DSP Bright Edafe, who confirmed the rescue of the victims in Asaba on Thursday, said a manhunt for the fleeing suspects was ongoing.
Edafe also confirmed the Asaba gun duel where two suspected armed robbers were killed.
He said the command’s Rapid Response Squad (RRS) received a distressed call that robbers/kidnappers were operating around the FRSC office in Asaba;mobilised to the scene and engaged the hoodlums in exchange for gun firing.
“Two of the gunmen were fatally injured and they later died, while others escaped. One AK47 rifle with BREECH No. 19567 and two magazines with 18 rounds of live ammunition were recovered,”
Edafe said.
He added that with the breakthrough, the command’s determination to reduce crime in Delta State “is the fast yielding result.”
However, the State Commissioner of Police, Ari Muhammed Ali has commended his officers for a job well done and warned criminals, especially robbers and kidnappers to quit their nefarious activities or risk his wrath.
