The Delta State Police Command has announced the killing of a daredevil armed robber, Godswill.
The Police Public Relations Officer,PPRO, DSP Bright Edafe, in a statement sent to DAILY POST on Tuesday, said the armed robbery had been terrorising Warri and its environs.
He said the suspect died during a shootout with operatives from “B” Division in Warri as others escaped from the crime scene.
The Police image maker said the hoodlum died in a hospital he was rushed to for medical treatment as a result of the serious gunshot wounds he sustained.
DSP Edafe also said two other members of the criminal gang, Idigbe Osreis (19) and Idigbe Perfect (16) were later arrested at their hideout.
He said the Police also recovered from the suspects, an operational tricycle of the gang, one locally made cut-to-size single barrel gun with stocked expended cartridges, and three live cartridges.
In the same vein, he confirmed the arrest of a 14-year-old member of the criminal gang, Gift Peace, during a robbery operation.
According to DSP Edafe, “On 29/9/2023, the DPO ‘B’ Division Warri received a distress call about an armed robbery operation at Giwamu junction Warri, during the attack one police undercover operative was at the scene who sighted one of the suspects and later trailed him to a Suya spot at Enerhen Junction.
“The DPO ‘B’ Warri SP Bolarinwa Alabi acting on the directive of the Delta State Commissioner of Police CP Wale Abass psc, embarked on an intelligence-led operation alongside his men and arrested one Gift Peace ‘m’ aged 14yrs at the said Suya spot at Enerhen junction.
“The teenager confessed to being a member of an armed robbery gang that terrorizes Warri and its environs; and that he has been in the act since he was seven (7) years old. He mentioned other members and thus took the detectives to their hideout.
“The gang members upon sighting the police opened fire from their unregistered operational tricycle and due response was given to their hostility, and in the process, one of the suspects who was later identified as the leader of the gang sustained serious gunshot injuries while others escaped.
“He was taken to the hospital where he was eventually confirmed dead by the doctor. The exhibit recovered includes the following: the operational tricycle of the gang, one locally made cut-to-size single barrel gun with stocked expended cartridges, and three live cartridges.”
DSP Edafe added that efforts are ongoing to arrest the fleeing members, and also to recover more of their operation arms.
