The Kogi State Police Command has neutralized an armed robber during a shootout in Indori Community, Lokoja, the police reported.
Sources said that the incident occurred at about 4:30 a.m. on Feb. 8 when about 20 armed robbers engaged security forces in a dual exchange of fire. One of the robbers, a middle-aged man yet to be identified, was hit in the chest and rushed to the Federal Teaching Hospital, Lokoja, where he was confirmed dead. The corpse was deposited at the hospital mortuary.
Recovered at the scene were a navy blue school bag containing multiple mobile phones, seven power banks, an earpod, a silver wristwatch, a cutlass, two kitchen knives, slippers, a black fez cap, and a black polo. Security operatives also retrieved seven empty AK-47 cartridges, five empty cartridges, and four spent teargas shells.
The police confirmed that photographs of the scene were taken and investigations, intelligence gathering, and surveillance are ongoing to arrest the fleeing perpetrators.
