ARMED ROBBERY SUSPECT ARRESTED IN DELTA STATE

The police in Ofagbe Community, Isoko North Local Government Area, Delta State, have arrested six persons suspected to be armed robbers. The suspects were alleged to have stolen laptop, handsets, and other items in the community.

The suspects, Ejero Akporoghene, Lucky Ovie, Benson Otorh, Joseph Benson, Kingsley Odeh and Temi Nkem are alleged to belong to an armed gang that has been terrorising the community in recent times.

Confirming the arrest, the Police Public Relations Officer in the State, Mrs. Celestina Kalu, said that nemesis caught up with the suspects when they attacked and robbed a Medical Director of a popular hospital in the area including other residents while armed with guns and weapons.

She said that the suspects were arrested in synergy with the local Vigilante Group in the community as she disclosed that two locally cut-to-size guns, one live and one expended cartridge and charms in a sack of bags, were recovered from the suspected robbers.

Mrs. Kalu further said some of the victims who were robbed at the time of the operation sustained injuries from the attack and are receiving treatment in a privately owned hospital in the community while investigation is ongoing.

Meanwhile, residents of Asaba and its environs are currently living in fear following the increase of robbery incidents in the last two weeks.

A victim, Pau Osawe,  said he was robbed by the rampaging robbers at gun point where he parked his car at the premises of Ultimate Taste Eatries along Nnebisi Road, Opposite Asaba Township Stadium. It was gathered that before he came out of his car, a robbery syndicate believed to have ambushed him, swooped on him in his attempt to drive out of the premises at gun point and dispossess him of his estimated cash of N80, 000

Another victim, Victoria Okeh, who claimed to have lost her bag including handsets and recharge cards of various networks, said the armed suspects swooped on her last Wednesday on her way home after church service. She said, “They pointed a gun at me and took away all my belongings including a bag containing recharge cards of different networks with some money.”

However, Mrs. Celestina Kalu, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state assured Deltans of the Police’s efforts with a view to bringing the hoodlums to book.