Two suspected armed robbers were shot dead while attempting to snatch a Prado Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) at gunpoint in the Jahi area of Abuja, the nation’s capital.
The incident was disclosed by CP Benneth Igweh while parading two arrested members of the robbery gang at the Abuja command on Friday.
Igweh said the encounter happened around 10:45 pm on Thursday, when a four-man robbery gang engaged police operatives on a crime prevention patrol led by the DPO of Mabushi police division in a fierce gun battle.
“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,” Igweh said.
He added that a blue Toyota Matrix operational vehicle with registration number BWR 626 JB was recovered from the robbers.
The two arrested suspects subsequently led police operatives to the recovery of another Toyota Corolla car with registration number RBC 743 AH, believed to have been snatched from an innocent resident.
The police commissioner reaffirmed the command’s commitment to ensuring the safety and security of lives and property, urging residents and all medical facilities in the FCT to be on the lookout for anyone with bullet wounds and to report them to the police.
