The Delta State Police Command says it has killed a suspected armed robber and arrested three other suspects in Asaba, the state capital.
In a statement on Tuesday, the spokesperson of the command, Bright Edafe, said the suspected robber was killed during a gun battle with police operatives and vigilantes in the Effurun area of the state.
“On the 27/10/2021 at about 1000hrs, a combined team of Policemen attached to Ekpan Police Station and Effurun community vigilante while on patrol at Aka Avenue of Jakpa road, sighted unidentified armed men suspected to be armed robbers, on sighting the policemen, the armed robbers opened fire on them, and the combined team returned fire,”
“During the gun duel, one of them sustained bullet wound while others escaped. The injured suspect was taken to the hospital, where he gave up the ghost while receiving treatment. One (1) locally made pistol, one (1) expended cartridge, one (1) live cartridge, twenty-six (26) live 5.56mm ammunition and one (1) empty AK 47 magazines were recovered. An investigation is ongoing.”
Edafe said three other suspects were arrested by operatives while on patrol in Asaba, who recovered one locally fabricated double barrel pistol from their vehicle.
“On the 31/10/2021 at about 1330hrs, Operation Delta Hawk (OPDH) team 006 and 009 while on confidence-building patrol at Bonsaac General Area Asaba intercepted a blue colour Qlink 150 motorcycle with Reg. No. Delta LEH 259 QN and Eng. No. QL162FNJ-1 with three occupants. The team on reasonable suspicion searched the rider and the passengers,” he stated.
“Consequently, upon searching the suspects, namely: Chuks Abah’ m’ age 23yrs of No. 42 Zion Street Bonsaac Asaba, Ogbonna Micheal’ m’ age 37yrs of St. Calistol Oju Oduke Asaba and Amechi Mordi’ m’ age 22yrs of Bonsaac Asaba. One (1) locally fabricated double barrel pistol was recovered from a bag allegedly belonging to the rider Chuks Abah.”
He maintained that the state’s Police Commissioner, CP Ari Muhammed Ali, has assured the public of the command’s commitment to tackle crime in the state while urging residents to partner with the police by providing helpful information.
“The CP has also directed all DPOS, tactical commanders to step up visibility patrol during this ember months, intensive stop and search and continuous raiding of black spots.”
