Luck ran out on
six dare-devil armed robbers who made attempts to rob a second
generation bank located on Ghandi Street in Lokoja, on Thursday, as they
met a stiff resistance from the men of the Kogi State Police Command.
However, during a gun duel
between them and the police, two were killed, two were arrested
while two of them escaped. They came on three power bikes, pairing
themselves on each of the bike.
The police, however, recovered
one pistol and one of the power bikes.
One of the arrested suspects,
Kenneth Unorum, told newsmen that they came from Imo State, adding that
their leader, whom he called Chimezie, could not endure the gunshot as he
died before getting to the Police headquarters. The name of the second dead
person was not made available .
The state police commissioner, Mr
Mohammed Katsina, disclosed that he was able to attain this feat
through the efforts of the “Ambush Squad” whom he said, informed
the office immediately the robbers arrived the bank and the prompt
efforts of his men.
He disclosed that the
difference between the Ambush Squad and the State Anti
Robbery Squad {SARS} was that the latter is physical while
the former is not.
Katsina, who was very elated,
explained that the robbers were overpowered “ after a prolonged and
terrible armed engagement,” adding that “our strategy is working, this is a
warning to everybody that crime and criminality will not work in this state.”
According to him, “ l have what it
takes to combat crime. This rampaging hoodlums came in three powerbikes, two
on each one all the way from Imo State. They had already taken
position near the bank when my Ambush Squad saw them and promptly
responded before it informed the headquarters. We, therefore, mobilised,
overpowered them and at the end gunned down two of them.”
Two of them were at large according
to him but “ l gave instructions to my men that they should not come back here
to the station until the two were arrested. Kogi State would never be a
breeding ground for robbers, they should leave this state alone because if you
strike me l strike you, if you fire me l fire you as from now it would be
operation fire for fire”
He however stressed that no life was
lost and that no penny was taken away appealing to the public that whenever
they “ see armoured tank with red flag flying with blaring siren
they should know that there is danger and give way as we are
ready to help them they should equally assist us also”
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