A man has been arrested in Asaba, Delta
State along with his 3 sons for armed
robbery.
Also arrested were three other robbery
suspects, who were dislodged from an
uncompleted building allegedly provided
by the 65-year-old father of three.
State Police Public Relations Officer,
PPRO, Celestina Kalu, who paraded the
suspects at the Police ‘B’ Division, Asaba,
weekend, said: “We are taking the fight to
their (criminal) hideouts, so there is no
hiding place for criminal elements.
Wherever they are we will smoke them
out.”
She said the suspects (names withheld)
were arrested following a distress call by
a resident at Oduke, outskirts of Asaba,
who was attacked at night and N72,000
cash stolen from him.
“Following the distress call, a police team
was drafted to the area from B Division
Asaba and on sighting the police, the
robbers fired at them and there was a
gun battle in which two of the robbers
were brought down while some of them
escaped,” the PPRO said.
She added that the father of the
suspected three robbers was habouring
the criminal gang in his uncompleted
building .
Meantime, a boy has been arrested at
Ogwashi-Uku, in Delta State for allegedly
stabbing another boy to death following a
minor quarrel over a lover.
Report said the incident took place at
Ogbe-Ofu area of Ogwashi-Uku where the
suspect was said to have met the victim in
the woman’s house and a fight ensued.
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