POLICE officers shot and killed three alleged armed robbers in Delta on Thursday. They also revealed that they found guns in their possession.
The state police command’s spokesman, Bright Edafe, revealed this to journalists in Warri yesterday. He stated that the accused were part of a robbery group that terrorized locals in the city and its surroundings.
Edafe said: “The suspects were neutralised on Thursday by the police operatives attached to the “B Division,” Warri.
“The Divisional Police Officer, SP Bolarinwa Alabi, received a distress call that armed robbers were operating with an unregistered black Toyota Corolla car on the Ugborikoko/Giwa-Amu Airport Road, Warri.
“The team mobilised to the scene and the hoodlums on sighting them advancing towards them, fired gunshots at the team.
“The police operatives retaliated and engaged them in a gun duel during which three of them were fatally wounded, while other members of the gang escaped with bullet wounds.
“The injured suspects gave up the ghost on their way to the hospital.
“One cut-to-size locally fabricated gun, two live cartridges, an unregistered black Toyota Corolla car, and eight different vehicle keys were recovered from the suspects.”
