One
police officer was, however, shot on the leg by the robbers who operated by the
Ogbemudia Farms area, along the Benin-Lagos road and the Benin-Auchi roads at
about 9 am.
This
came as the state Police Commissioner; Funso Adebanjo paraded 42 suspects,
including robbers and other criminals among who was one 32-year-old Augustine
Obodeke who impregnated his 19-year-old daughter.
One
Zenab Agbontine who allegedly axed her husband to death was also paraded.
The
command also warned members of the public to resist the temptation to use
fireworks popularly known as knock-out this yuletide, warning that there
“will be continuous manhunt for both buyers and sellers of any form of
fireworks.”
While
parading the suspects, the CP said: “This morning, there were twins operation
in the outskirts of Benin City. One was at Ogbemudia Farms, which is along the
Benin-Lagos road, were about 20 robbers attacked passengers.
“My
men moved in swiftly and there was exchange of fire. Three of the robbers were
shot dead while one of my men was shot on the leg and is currently receiving
treatment.
“Another
set of robbers were also intercepted by my men along the Benin-Auchi road
by-pass. One of them was shot dead while others escaped.
“From
the confession of one of them, they were the ones that attacked our men who
were from Osun State to Anambra for the governorship election along the
by-pass.
“This
is a warning that you cannot kill a policeman and go free. We got them and we
will continue to go after the rest.”
Some
of items recovered from them include five vehicles, seven cut to size guns, 13
ammunition and four live cartridges.
In
her confession, Zenab, who allegedly killed her husband, said: “He stopped me
from entering his room. I pleaded with him to forgive me because I had problems
but he refused. It was when he slept that I entered the room with an axe and
hit his head. I don’t know what entered into me.”
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