Police kill two bandits, arrest others in Delta

The police in Delta State on Tuesday said
their men killed two armed robbery suspects
in Warri during a shootout.
The state Police Public Relations Officer,
Celestina Kalu, who confirmed the incident,
said two other suspects were arrested
during the operation.
She said, “The patrol team from Quick
Response Squad, Warri, on a stop-and-
search duty along Ogunu road, by Zenith
Bank, Warri, had an encounter with four
armed robbers, operating in a tricycle
marked AK 027 QB.
“In the process, two of the armed robbers
were fatally wounded while the rest two,
one Oghenero Eghagbere and Michael
Aguwaneshe, were arrested.
“Items recovered from them included one cut-
to-size locally made barrel gun, one live
cartridge, one battle axe and one tricycle.”
She said the suspects were undergoing
investigation at the Area Commander’s
Office, Warri, while the corpses of the
suspected bandits had been deposited in
the morgue.”