Police Kills Robbery Suspect After Attack On NYSC Lodge

The Police in Delta on Friday confirmed the death of an armed robbery
suspect during a gun duel between its patrol team and a robbery gang
which attacked National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members in Oghara.

The command's spokesperson, DSP Celestina Kalu, in a statement in
Asaba, said that the gang attacked Corpers' Lodge at Ovade-Oghara, in
Ethiope West Local Government area of the state.

Kalu said that the suspect, a member of the four-member gang, died on
the way to the hospital from gunshot wounds he sustained during the
exchange of fire.

"On the 16th of October, 2014, at about 8.30 p.m., the police at
Oghara Police Station received a distress call that four armed men had
invaded Corpers' Lodge at Ovade-Oghara.

"They robbed the youth corps members of their money, laptops,
electronics and handsets," she said.

According to her, based on the information, a Police patrol team and a
Navy patrol counterpart, with support from the local vigilante group,
mobilized to the scene and confronted the hoodlums.

"The hoodlums, on sighting the security teams engaged them in a gun
duel and in the process one of the unidentified armed robbers was
fatally wounded while others escaped.

"The wounded armed robber however gave the name of their gang
leader/armourer before giving up the ghost on the way to hospital,"
Kalu stated.

She said that some of the stolen items were recovered from the
deceased, adding that efforts were on to track down the gang leader
and other members.
(NAN)