Men of the Edo state police command have ended the reign of a suspected armed robber during a gun duel.
According to reports, the armed robbers was taken down following a distress call from residents of Abuja Quarters by Benson Idahosa University Government Reserved Area, Benin.
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Confirming the incident, the Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, Jennifer Iwegbu, in a statement released on Tuesday, July 12 said the armed robbers engaged the police in a gun battle, which led to the death of the suspect.
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The statement read,
“In its unrelenting efforts to stem the increasing rate of armed robbery and other vices in the state, operatives of Edo State Police Command attached to its Ugbor divisional headquarters on 12/07/2022 at about 04:45hrs neutralized an armed robbery suspect.
“Following a distress call to the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Ugbor division at about 04:45hrs of 12/07/2022 that there was an ongoing armed robbery operation along Abuja Quarters by Benson Idahosa University, Ugbor GRA, Benin City, the DPO personally led operatives to the scene to arrest the suspects.
“On arrival at the scene, the suspects on sighting the police operatives, engaged them in a gun duel.
“However, the superior fire power of the police operatives neutralised one of the suspected armed robbers.
“Items recovered from the suspect includes one pump action gun and five live cartridges while efforts are ongoing to arrest the fleeing gang members.”
