A combined team
of Air Force, Army and the Police over the weekend killed a notorious armed
robber who has been terrorizing residents of Pakata area of Ilorin after
engaging in a gun battle that lasted for nine hours. An army officer in the
process sustained severe injury. The combined team
stalled vehicular movements while the main road around Government Girls Day
Secondary School was closed to traffic as the security operatives engaged the
hoodlum in the gun duel. It was learnt
that the suspect who is believed to be in his thirties and a Police Officer
stays in an apartment with his aged mother and wife from where he carries out
his evil acts.
According to an eyewitness, “In the ensuing crossfire, the suspect was said to
have been gunned down, while an unidentified man of Nigeria Army among the
security team sustained wound on his arm as a result of bullet fired at him by
the suspect".
“The area became
tension soaked while the gun duel, which started around 2am of yesterday’s
morning lasted till around 11am.”
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