Police kill one suspected robber, arrest three others in Gombe
….six escape with bullet wound in gun duel
Chima Azubuike
Gombe State Police command on Friday said it killed a suspected armed robber in a gun duel, while three others were arrested, six were said to have escaped with bullet sounds.
Disclosing this in a press statement by the Deputy Public Relations Officer of the command ASP Sharif Saad, said the command’s control room was alerted that a gang of notorious armed robbers who specialised in terrorising the residents of Gombe metropolis, especially Arawa, Malam inna and nayi nawa quarters of the state were currently in Arawa quarters.
Saad’s statement partly read, “The suspected robbers invaded the residence of Alhaji Gidado Muhammad Sani, at Arawa Quarters, shooting sporadically and robbing them of their valuable property. The robbers injured Sani’s security man one Mohammed Abdullahi on his head, left hand and back.”
According to him, acting on the distress call, the Commissioner of Police CP Oqua Etim mobilised the tactical team of operation 999 to the scene, which swiftly responded, noting that three members of the gang were arrested while six others escaped with bullet wounds.
“On sighting the operatives the armed robbers engaged them in a gun duel where one of the deadly robbers Alias Albaru of Kumbiya Kumbiya quarters was neutralised, while Adamu Usman alias Bali 22 years old of Barunde Quarters, Mustapha Abdullahi alias jammaye 22 years of Malam inna and Abdullahi Hussaini alias Danbasi 21 years of Anguwa uku where arrested and six others on the run with suspected bullet wounds. Part of the exhibits robbed from the victims was recovered as effort is emplaced to arrest the fleeing suspects,” Saad said.
