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Police battle suspected armed robbers, kill one, others seriously injured in Delta

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2 years ago
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Police battle suspected armed robbers, kill one, others seriously injured in Delta
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A member of an alleged armed robbery gang in Delta State, Felix A.K.A “OBJ” has died from injuries sustained in a gun duel with police operatives in the state.

OBJ died from injuries sustained in a gun battle with police detectives led by the Divisional Police Officer for Ovwian Aladja Division, CSP Aliyu Shaba.

The spokesperson for the Delta State Command, DSP Bright Edafe in a statement on Tuesday said the operation was carried out on Sunday, April 30, 2023, based on intelligence and “Following reports of kidnapping and armed robbery operations in Ughelli, Warri and environs…”

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DSP Edafe said in compliance with the directive of the Deputy Commissioner of Police Operations, DCP Johnson Adenola, and the DPO and his men, “acting on information received via intelligence gathered on an armed robbery gang that snatched one AK47 rifle from a police officer and also allegedly kidnapped and murdered one Godspower Emmanuel after collecting four hundred thousand naira (#400,000) ransom were sited at a hotel in Agbarho, the DPO Ovwian Aladja division, CSP Aliyu Shaba mobilized and led detectives to the area in search of them.

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“While the search was ongoing, the suspects sighted the policemen from hiding and opened fire, to which the police equally responded. During the gun duel, one Felix A.K.A “OBJ” was shot and later confirmed dead at the hospital, while three other suspects namely Stephen Precious ‘m’ 19yrs old, Godstime Sunday 28yrs old, and Apene Prince 28yrs old, were arrested with various degrees of bullet injuries.

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“One AK 47 rifle with breech no. 19617, 18 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition, 1 English double barrel gun, 11 Android phones, 2 button phones, 1 long knife, 1 suspected stolen white-coloured GLK Mercedes Benz with reg. no YAB 733 BK, 2 bottles of codeine, 2 wraps of weed suspected to be Indian hemp were recovered.”

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