Seven suspected robbers were
shot dead, Sunday, along the
notorious Benin by-pass,
during a gun battle between the
police and the robbers.
The operation was personally
led by the Edo State
Commissioner of Police, Mr
Folusho Adebanjo.
At press time, the CP and a
special squad of detectives
were still combing the area
popular referred as haven for
robbers. Some of the robbers,
according to CP Adebanjo, were
still in the bushes with bullet
wounds.
As at 10:30am when the bodies
of the dead robbers were
brought to the Edo State Police
Command, one of the robbers
who identified himself as Sanda
from Kebbi State, was still alive
and he confessed that he only
joined his dead colleagues for
the first time, because he
needed money to go back to
Kebbi State.
One AK 47, cutlasses and
assorted charms were
recovered from the armed
bandits. It would be recalled
that passengers and drivers
have been robbed almost on
daily basis along the Benin by-
pass, while in most cases the
women among the passengers
were Molested by the armed
bandits who are mainly Hausa
Fulanis.
However, Adebanjo who is
known for his zero tolerance as
regards activities of robbers in
the state narrated that “this
operation took place at about
5:30-6am. Because we noticed
that arm robbers who operate
there always come out early
hours when people are
travelling or going to the
market for their businesses.
Their activities along that by-
pass have become an
embarrassment and with
intelligence which we gathered,
we laid an ambush.
“What happens is that they
normally come with a bus
where they load themselves
and when they get to the by-
pass they distribute themselves
to different locations to
perpetrate their evil. You will
look at the bus as an old one,
maybe you will even think they
are going to the farm but they
are dare devil armed robbers.
“You that the by-pass leads to
different states but
unfortunately these hoodlums
made that place haven for
operation. So we stormed there
this morning following a tip off,
we met them and engaged
them. They engaged us too the
result is what you are looking
at now.
Some of them are still in the
bushes with bullet wounds, my
men are still there pushing
them and I am going back there
myself because we are going to
round all of them up.
“Armed robbers cannot be safe
anywhere in Edo state. That is
the message we have for them
throughout this festive period
and next year” he asserted.
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