Three suspected armed robbers met their Waterloo on Thursday as they were shot dead by the Police in Delta State.
The robbers were killed during a gun battle with the Force along Ugborikoko/Giwa-Amu Airport Road, Warri.
According to Delta State Police Publlic Relations Officer ( PPRO) DSP Bright Edafe,” On June 22,at about 10:20 am , operatives attached to ‘B’ Division, Warri,led by the Divisional Police Officer ( DPO) SP Bolarinwa Alabi, acting on a distress call about an armed robbery operation along Ugborikoko/Giwa-Amu airport road Warri, that armed hoodlums were operating in an unregistered black Toyota Corolla car, the team raced to the scene where the hoodlums on sighting the advancing police team fired gun shots at the Policemen and the team retaliated, engaged them in a serious gun duel during which three of the hoodlums were fatally wounded while other members of the gang escaped with bullet injuries.
” The injured suspects gave up the ghost while they were being taken to the hospital. Exhibit recovered include: one locally fabricated gun, two live cartridges, an unregistered black Toyota Corolla car, and eight different vehicle keys. Manhunt for the other fleeing suspects is ongoing”.
in another development, he said that,”On the same day, at about the same time , operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) while on visibility/confidence building patrol along Asaba-Benin Express Road by Issele Asagba, sighted a suspicious looking young man with a sack bag pretending to be waiting for a vehicle. As soon as the operatives allighted from their vehicle, the suspect took to his heels abandoning the sack bag, he was chased, but he escaped. Upon searching the abandoned bag, one pump action gun and six live cartridges were recovered. Effort is on to arrest the fleeing suspect.
“Commissioner of Police Delta State, CP Wale Abass urges members of the public particularly Deltans to be mindful of their environment and ensure that any suspicious persons or movement within their environment be promptly reported to the nearest police station or through any of the following phone numbers:
CONTROL ROOM NUMBERS: 08036684974,08125958005.09053872287 and 09155570007 ( PPRO’S 0ffice).
