TWO suspected armed robbers were yesterday killed by policemen attached to the Isara Divisional Police Headquarters, Ogun State. It was during a gun duel.
Fleeing residents sustained wounds during the clash.
The Nation gathered that the suspects had blocked the Ogun State stretch of the Lagos – Ibadan Expressway about 8:40am, ostensibly to rob motorists when members of the public sent distress calls to the police.
Officers from Isara Division led by its Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Bashir, a Superintendent of Police, rushed to the scene but while approaching, the suspects allegedly opened fire, a development that triggered a reprisal from the officers.
In the aftermath of the cross fire, two suspects were killed. Others were injured.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a telephone interview with The Nation confirmed the incidents and also named items recovered from the hoodlums.
“Items recovered from them included one single barrel gun, two live catridges, some jewelleries, three torch lights, three handsets and two black pull – over,” Adejobi said.
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