Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Police kill 2 robbers, wound 1 in Ibadan •Parade 8 other robbery suspects

TWO suspected members of a six-man robbery gang were, in the early hours of Tuesday, gunned down by policemen from Oyo State command, while one of the robbers was arrested when they attempted to escape police barricade.

This happened even as eight other robbery suspects were paraded at the Eleyele headquaters of the Oyo State police command by the Commissioner of Police, Mr Mbu Joseph Mbu, for their alleged involvement in various robbery operations.

While addressing journalists, Mr Mbu said the command received an information that a gang of robbers had snatched a car in Osogbo, Osun State, and were on their way to Ibadan.

He added that he directed his men, comprising Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS)  and Skynet operatives, to lay ambush and block the road along the area described to him.

The police commissioner stated further that immediately the robbers got to the barricade, they started shooting, to which the police responded, also firing two cannisters of teargas into their midst.

Mr Mbu said two of the suspected robbers were hit by bullets and died instantly, while one of them was injured.

He said the police recovered one AK-47 rifle, two localy-made guns, one automatic Marakov pistol, 14 rounds of 0.900mm ammunition and five catridges from the suspects.

Among other robbery suspects paraded were two members of a car-snatching syndicate, which snatched a Honda CRV from a member of the state House of Assembly.

Mr Mbu said his men went to Abuja based on information gathered and were able to recover the vehicle at a car stand owned by a notorious car dealer on the wanted list of the police.

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