The Commissioner of Police, Sunday Babaji, disclosed that the swift response of men of the command in an aggressive manhunt of the perpetrators resulted in the rescue of three victims and the recovery of firearms and ammunition, including one AK-47 riffle, and 25 rounds of ammunition.
The command’s spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, confirmed the development in a statement to the newsmen today.
Adeh noted that preliminary investigation revealed that some armed criminals came into the Kubwa Relocation Estate, and shot two victims, one Abel popularly known as Oshodi, and another Abdulwahab
“The suspects while departing the scene, left with four victims possibly to enable them to evade arrest by the approaching police response team deployed to the area on quick intervention. Adeh said,
“The two gunshot victims were immediately rushed to the hospital for medical attention but unfortunately, one of them, Oshodi could not survive as he was confirmed dead by the doctor, while Abdulwahab is still being attended to.”
Babaji assured that investigations has commenced to identify the suspects and bring them to book to ascertain their mission and motives.
