Gombe/Bauchi Expressway: Police kill one suspected robber, others injured
The Gombe State Police command on Thursday said it killed one suspected robber, while the rest of the gang were injured.
Recounting the tragic incident, the Public Relations Officer ASP Mahid Abubakar, said a commercial vehicle en route to Gombe from Bauchi axis informed men of Mopol 34 PMF attached to Wuro Dole check point, that a gang of suspected armed robbers blocked Gombe/Bauchi road with stones and robbed them of their valuables.
“On getting the report, the Police team mobilised and boarded same commercial bus back to the scene of the incident, on reaching the point, the robbers suddenly came out and approached the bus with the intention to attack and rob the vehicle but they took to there hills on citing the Police men in the bus.
“The police went after them and succeeded in neutralising one of the suspects while others escaped most likely with gun/bullet wounds,” Abubakar said.
According to him, the robbers were armed with machetes, sticks, and fabricated guns, adding that, “there was no injury on the side of our personnel nor civilians, too.”
Abubakar added, “The suspect’s corpse was taken to State Specialist Hospital, Gombe Morgue. The case is under investigation.”
