A NOTORIOUS ARMED ROBBER/CULTIST, DIES IN A GUN DUEL WITH THE POLICE. – TrendyNewsReporters
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A NOTORIOUS ARMED ROBBER/CULTIST, DIES IN A GUN DUEL WITH THE POLICE.

by Ebor Cletus Ralph Jr

EDO State Police Command, acting on credible information, had a bloody encounter with a notorious armed robber/cultist purporlarly known as Ekata, an escapee of the Edo State Correctional Center Benin during the October 2020 END SARS Protest.

This said Ekata who has been on the Command’s wanted list, was sighted somewhere in Uromi town in company of his other gang members.

On receipt of the information, the area commander Uromi immediately deployed a team of Police Operatives to the location. On sighting the team of Operatives, the gang opened fire on them, while the team gallantly responded, in the ensuing gun duel, one Fidelis Ekata, who is the gang leader of the armed robbers/cultist sustained gunshot injuries and was rushed to the General Hospital Uromi for treatment but, was confirmed dead by the Doctor on duty,while other gang members escaped with gunshot injuries.

Intensive efforts is on to ensure the arrest of the fleeing gang members. However, the following items were recovered from the dead gang leader. One cut to size gun and one live cartridge.

The commissioner of police Edo state command while commending the gallantry exhibited by the team, advised criminals in the State to eschew criminality or risk been arrested.

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