Two suspected armed robbers lost their lives while attempting to snatch a Prado Jeep at gunpoint in the Jahi area of Abuja.
Addressing journalists, the Commissioner Police in the FCT, Benneth Igweh, revealed that the incident occured around 10:45 pm on Thursday July 25th, when a four-men robbery engaged the operatives who were on crime prevention patrol led by DPO of Mabushi police division in a fierce gun duel.
While parading two arrested members of the robbery gang at the command in Abuja, on Friday, the CP said that the four-men robbery gang on sighting the police operatives opened fire, which resulted in a gun duel where two among the robbers were killed.
He stated further; “While during the crossfire with our men, two among the four-men robbery gang whose names were identified as Joshua Godfrey A.K.A. Dogo and Abdulsalam Mamuda both of Mabushi village were arrested.”
He said a blue Toyota Matrix operational vehicle with registration. No. BWR 626 JB, was recovered from the robbers.
Igweh, however, said the two nabbed suspects subsequently led police operatives to the recovery of another Toyota Corolla car with registration number RBC 743 AH, which must have been snatched from an innocent resident.
While reaffirming the command’s unflinching commitment to ensuring the safety and security of lives and properties, the police commissioner, urged residents and all medical facilities in FCT to be vigilant and to call the attention of the police to anybody sighted with bullet wounds.
