Operatives attached to ‘B’ Police Division Warri, have reportedly killed three suspected armed robbers at Ugborikoko/Giwa-Amu Airport Road, Warri, Delta State.

The Guardian learnt that the suspects were killed on June 22, 2023, by a police team who acted on a distress call that armed hoodlums were operating in an unregistered black Toyota Corolla car.

The command’s spokesman, DSP Bright Edafe, who confirmed the killing, said the team raced to the scene immediately but the hoodlums fired gunshots at them while they were still advancing.

According to Edafe, “the team retaliated, engaged them in a serious gun duel during which three of the hoodlums were fatally wounded while other members of the gang escaped with bullet injuries.” 

He said that the injured suspects, however, gave up the ghost while they were being taken to the hospital. 

Edafe said the team recovered one cut-to-size locally fabricated gun, two live cartridges, an unregistered black Toyota Corolla car and eight different vehicle keys from them, while the manhunt for other fleeing suspects was ongoing.