Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command have k!lled two suspected armed robbers during a gun duel in the Jahi area of Abuja, the nation’s capital.
The FCT Commissioner of Police, CP Benneth Igweh, disclosed this to newsmen while parading two arrested members of the robbery gang at the command on Friday, July 26, 2024.
According to the CP, the robbers were shot d3ad while attempting to snatch a Prado SUV at gunpoint.
He said the incident happened around 10:45 pm on Thursday when the four-men robbery engaged the operatives who were on crime prevention patrol led by the DPO of the Mabushi police division in a fierce gun battle
According to him, the four-man robbery gang on sighting the police operatives opened fire, which resulted in a gun duel where two among the robbers were neutralized.
“While during the crossfire with our men, two among the four-men robbery gang whose names were identified as Joshua Godfrey A.K.A. Dogo and Abdulsalam Mamuda both of Mabushi village were arrested,” he said.
He said a blue Toyota Matrix operational vehicle with registration. No. BWR 626 JB, was recovered from the robbers.
Igweh, however, said the two arrested suspects subsequently led police operatives to the recovery of another Toyota Corolla car with registration number RBC 743 AH*, which must have been snatched from an innocent resident
The police commissioner, while reaffirming the command’s unflinching commitment to ensuring the safety and security of lives and properties, urged residents and all medical facilities in FCT to be on watch out and to call the attention of the police to anybody sighted with bullet wounds.
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