A policeman has been killed in a shootout with armed robbers who invaded a community bank in the Adavi Local Government Area of Kogi State. It was gathered that the policeman, Sergeant Patrick Sunday was killed alongside two of the armed robbers; Yakubu and another unidentified male. The Kogi State Police Command explained while parading 21 suspects in the state command headquarters in Lokoja on Tuesday, that it received information that some bandits numbering about 20 had attacked Akengwu Community Bank in the area.
William Aya, the state Police Public Relations Officer, revealed: “The hoodlums engaged the police in a gun battle, leading to the death of Sergeant Sunday, while two of the criminals were gunned down. “Items recovered from the robbery scene include two AK-47 riffles, 10 AK-47 magazines, 100 AK-47 live ammunitions, one face mask, one cell phone, one bottle of Dettol and two sachets of suspected hard drug.”
The police also paraded one Jale Lawal who was arrested for conspiring with two others, Abubakar Isah and Haruna Ilyasu to kidnap and assassinate his brother, Mallam Muazu Yahaya. The PPRO said. “Acting on the information provided by Yahaya, the state’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad intercepted and arrested the suspects who later confessed to the crime during interrogation.”
It was gathered that Lawal planned to kidnap and torture his brother because he was a wizard, who killed their father and elder sister.
Also on parade by the police, was another suspect, Toluyi Anthony, who allegedly snatched a Honda Accord car with number plate, EKY747CB, belonging to a certain Ganiyat Abioro.
The suspects would be charged to court on completion of investigations according to the police spokesman.
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