The two policemen, F/no 359454 Sergeant Sanusi Lanre
and F/no:360140 Sergeant Agunbiade Adebayo, were part of the police teams that
went after the kidnappers that abducted four Britons in Delta State and later
killed one of the Britons identified as Ian Squire, 57.
The operation was led by the Officer in Charge (OC)
of IRT, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP0, Mr Abba Kyari.
Lanre was shot in his stomach, while his colleague,
Adebayo was shot in his two hands.
The good news, however, is that the team members of
the two policemen, retaliated, killing the shooter.
The remains of the shooter had since been deposited
in a mortuary, while the two policemen are presently in a hospital. Lanre was
rushed to theatre for an emergency surgery.
A police source said: “On November 8, IRT operatives
were deployed to Delta State in pursuit of the kidnappers that abducted four
British citizens at the Burutu area of Delta State. The Britons were abducted
on October 13. The IRT operatives successfully arrested two of the kidnappers
in Warri Delta State.
“The arrested kidnappers confessed and volunteered
to lead the IRT operatives to arrest the other gang members in Sapele Town. On reaching
Sapele, one of the kidnappers sighted the attested gang member with the IRT
operatives advancing stealthily. In a blink of an eye, he whipped out a Barrette
Pistol and opened fire. He shot Sanusi Lanre in the Stomach and Agunbiade
Adebayo on his two hands. Other IRT team members immediately returned fire for
fire. They gunned down the kidnaper and retrieved the Barrette pistol from him.
The two injured IRT operatives are admitted in Delta State University Teaching
Hospital (DESUTH) Oghara, where Sanusi Lanre is undergoing emergency surgery
as at 3am, Thursday. The dead body of
the kidnapper has been deposited at same hospital mortuary. Four pints of blood
and other items requested for the surgery was provided. Several senior officers
are on ground in the hospital to assist the injured officers.”
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