Four suspected robbery suspect were Tuesday killed in a gun battle with operatives of the Anti -Crime Patrol Squad of the Nigeria Police Force in Sapele, Delta State.
Andrew Anieamaka, the Delta State Police Command’s spokesman, who confirmed the incident via telephone conversation with Vanguard, said the hoodlums met their waterloo in the early hours of yesterday when they invaded a brothel along Adeola by Crudas road junction in Sapele.
A police source stated that the robbery suspects who were on rampage in Sapele and its environs have been on the police wanted list for some time now.
“They robbed several places last night and on getting to De Rosca Hotel at Adeola Road in Sapele, men of the Vigilante alerted the police, who arrived at the scene on time and with a combined effort, the police surrounded the hotel,” he said.
“On sighting the police, the robbery suspects shot at us (the police) first and in the resulting gun battle, three of the suspects were shot while one who escaped with gunshot injuries was later caught.
“The arrested suspect confessed that three of them came from Agbarho, Ughelli North local government area of the state, while the kingpin called Ahmed came from Sapele, before he gave up the ghost from the injuries he sustained,” he added.
Items recovered from the robbery suspects included one shot gun, four empty cartridges, mask and a torch.
