How Notorious Robbers Killed Police Officer In Delta State

Dare-devil gunmen on Sunday
ambushed a police patrol team
around Agbarha-Otor-Ughelli Road
in Ughelli North area of Delta State,
killing at least one operative.
The incident, which occurred at about
6.30am, witnessed continuous
gunshots between the suspected
robbers and the police operatives.
Another operative, who sustained
serious bullet wounds, was rushed to
the Delta State University Teaching
Hospital, Oghara, for treatment.
An eyewitness told The Punch that the
incident happened after the patrol
team stopped a commercial
motorcycle, which was conveying a
female passenger.
He said the police were interrogating
the rider when the gunmen struck.
“Aside from the policemen who
sustained bullet injuries, the female
passenger the motorcyclist was taking
to Ughelli was also injured,” the
witness said.
A senior police officer at the Ughelli
Area Command, who confirmed the
incident, said the injured victims had
been taken to hospital for treatment.
The acting police spokesman, DSP
Andrew Aniameka, also confirmed the
incident.