A 65-year-old
man has been arrested in Asaba, Delta State along with his three sons for
robbery.
Also arrested
were three other robbery suspects, who were dislodged from an uncompleted
building allegedly provided by the 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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