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From Ighomuaye Lucky, Benin
Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested two armed robbery murdered suspects at Ehor in Uhunmwode Local Government Area of the state.
The Public Relations Officer of the command, SP, Chidi Nwabuzo, disclosed this in Benin.
The suspects are Daniel Amuzoga, 33, from Ukwuani in Delta State, and Christopher Omiose, 30, from Esan land in Edo State
According to him “On Thursday 8th February 2024 at about 0600hrs, the Divisional Police Officer of Okhuaihe Division, Benin City received a complaint from one Nwoye Ezeako ‘M’ of Umunya Village in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State who reported that on 8th January, 2024 at about 0530hrs he, his truck driver and motor conductor were attacked along Benin-Agbor Road by Okhuaihe Bridge, Benin City by four armed robbers who were with guns and cutlass when transporting 45,000 liters of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) from Lagos State heading to Onitsha, Anambra State with his marked truck reg. No. ENU 376 XU.
SP Nwabuzo said that the armed robbers who mounted the expressway, robbed the complainant, his truck driver, and the motor conductor of their belongings, shot the truck driver on his chest.
He said that they also wounded the motor conductor on his foreheads with a cutlass and shot the complainant on his hand.
He said, on the arrival of the DPO and his men at the scene, they immediately rushed the victims to the hospital for treatment and the medical doctor confirmed the truck driver dead including his motor conductor and their bodies deposited at the hospital mortuary while the complainant is responding to treatment.
Nwabuzo maintained that the DPO Ukhuaihe Division, in collaboration with the DPO Egba Division, Benin City, using technical intelligence, arrested the suspects and they are currently helping the police in their investigations.
