The police in Delta have killed the leader of a suspected robbery gang, simply identified as Getay, in Warri South Local Government Area of the state.
The spokesman for the police command in the state, DSP Bright Edafe, confirmed this to newsmen on Monday in Warri.
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He said the deceased, who was a notorious armed robber, was felled on Friday by the operatives of ‘B’ Division, Warri patrol team, while on “Aberdeen patrol”.
Edafe said the patrol team had received information that members of the robbery gang, who had been in the command’s wanted list, were operating within the lower Erejuwa, by Old Welfare neighbourhood.
He said the deceased suspect died while receiving treatment, following gunshot injuries he sustained during the crossfire with the patrol team.
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