Robbery Suspect Killed After Allegedly Attacking NYSC Lodge In Delta State

 NAN – The Police in Delta on Friday, October 24, 2014 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 Thursday, October 16, 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