Ogun: One dies as suspected armed robbers engage police in gun battle
DAILY POST learnt that the deceased was shot dead in the early hours of Friday during a gun duel with the police along Sagamu/Ijebu-Ode highway.
It was gathered that the gun duel ensued when the slain suspected and his colleagues were “robbing people on the highway.
It was said that one suspect was arrested with severe bullet injuries, as others escaped with varying degrees of gunshot wounds.Meanwhile, the State Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun, directed that other members of the gang be hunted for, while appealing to hospitals to alert the police, if anybody with gunshot injury is seen.
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