By Adeola Tukuru
Two suspected armed robbery were Wednesday, gunned down by men of the Kuje Divisional Police Headquarters after cash and handset robbery by the team in Zuba, Gwagwalada and Kuje.
Kuje Divisional Police Officer (DPO), CSP Isa Danladi, who confirmed the incident to newsmen in Kuje said the robbery incident took place at about 12 noon on Tuesday in Kuje.
He said his men chased the suspects who carried out the operation with a Honda Civic car with registration number, CU 98 RSH after a distress call by the victim, Hajara Usman.
“Shortly after the call, we alerted our men at various check points as well as our patrol team and when they noticed there was no way of escape they abandoned the car and ran into the bush.
“That was when our men engaged in shootout on them that led to the death of two while the other two succeeded in escaping with their arms,” he said.
Danladi, who said N30, 000 cash and five handsets were recovered from the victims noted that the Honda Civic car was still in the custody of the division.
He said police investigation through the handsets showed that they had earlier robbed one Uma Ibrahim in Zuba and Amina Nda in Gwagwalada before robbing Usman in Kuje.
The DPO ,who said corpse of the suspects were deposited at the University of Abuja Teaching hospital added that investigations were ongoing to get the other two arrested.
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