The Police Command in Gombe State says its operatives have killed a suspected armed robber in a gun battle, arrested three while six others escaped with bullet wounds.
The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mahid Abubakar, stated this in a statement issued on Friday in Gombe.
He said that the suspected robbers invaded the resident of Alhaji Gidado Sani at Arawa Quarters on June 24, shooting sporadically and robbing them of their valuables. He said that the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Oqua Etim, while acting on a distress call received via the command’s control room, mobilised the tactical team of ‘Operation 999’ to the scene.
Abubakar further stated that in the process, one of the deadly robbers, of Kumbiya Kumbiya quarters, was neutralised, with three arrested and six others on the run with suspected bullet wounds.
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