Wednesday, 9 December 2015

Armed robbers invade a community bank, killed one policeman Kogi State

armed robbery in Kogi
One policeman has lost his life in a shootout with armed robbers who invaded a community bank in the Adavi Local Government Area of Kogi State. Sergeant Patrick Sunday was killed alongside two of the armed robbers; Yakubu and another unidentified male.


The Kogi State Police Command, which paraded 21 suspects in the state command headquarters in Lokoja on Tuesday, explained that the incident happened on November 27, when it received information that some bandits numbering about 20 had attacked Akengwu Community Bank in the area.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, William Aya, said, “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.”

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