Two suspected armed robbers met their waterloo in the wee hours of today near Ajaka, in Igalamela/Odolu local government area of Kogi state, during a shootout with security operatives of the Joint Task Force (JTF).
Acting on security information, the JTF waylaid the hoodlums and on sighting the operatives, the robbers scampered in different direction in their bid to evade arrest.
Two members of the gang were killed in the gun battle that ensued while four members of the robbery gang where said to have escaped while two sustained bullet injuries.
Assorted weapons and monies in cash were recovered from the scene of the gun duel. The bodies of the slain robbers had since been handed over to the police in Ajaka.
While narrating the incidence to journalists in Ajaka, the Senior Special Assistant on Security to the governor for Igalamela/Odolu local government, Hon. Onoja James Omachonu said “the robbers carried out a robbery operation in Ajaka at about 3am today and information got to our men who gallantly intercepted them on their way out of the local government.”
Hon. Onoja said in the process, the operatives “with superior gunfire gunned down two of the gang while six escaped into the nearby thick forest with two of them already had gun shot injury on them.”
He however added that investigation is ongoing with a view to apprehend other fleeing members of the gang soon.
The SSA also called on members of the public to continue to collaborate with the security operatives in the bid to rid the local government of crime and criminality.
