Two mobile policemen, attached to No 31 PMF Asaba Delta State, and a driver, attached to one Honourable Augustine, were killed and the wife of the Honourable was injured after gunmen opened fire on their vehicle in the State.
The escort vehicle, which was carrying the policemen and the wife of the honourable was ambushed at Pathfinder Warri, Delta.
Our reporter gathered that the incident happened on the 2nd of September 2024, at about 5:30 pm.
The driver’s and mobile policemen’s principal was the said Honourable Augustine.
The escort vehicle was attacked as it was heading to the honourable’s home in Japa, Warri.
The mobile policemen have been identified as Inspector Kuje Yakubu with an AK-47 rifle with bridge number BA-343783 with 30 rounds of life ammunition and F/NO 500183 sergeant Bakari Isah attached with Ar rifle, with bridge No 07003314 with 30 rounds of life ammunition.
The honourable’s wife sustained bullet wounds. The woman, who has varying degrees of injuries is currently receiving treatment at Naval Hospital in Warri.
A Police Situation Report sighted by our reporter, states: “There was an attack on police mobile men attached to No 31 PMF Asaba Delta State. They were deployed to one of our approved beats at Pathfinder Warri.
“Today being the 2nd of August 2024, about 5:30 pm, information received from the U/C Unit 391 Warri has it that one Ap/No 324567 inspector Kuje Yakubu with AK-47 rifle with bridge No Ba-343783 with 30 rounds of life ammunition and F/No 500183 Sergeant Bakari Isah attached with Ar rifle with bridge No 07003314 with 30 rounds of life ammunitions each, were shot dead by armed men.
“They were shot together with the civilian driver that was driving the vehicle, alongside the wife of one honourable Augustine their principal.
“The woman who was also in the same vehicle and was also shot, sustained bullet wounds and has varying degrees of injuries. She is currently receiving treatment at the naval hospital Warri.
“The armed men opened fire on them from the rear, while on escort to their home in Japa Warri after the day job.
“The corpses of the mobile police personnel have been deposited at Ekpan General Hospital Morgue Warri. The case was incidented at Ekpan Divisional Police Station Warri.
“After that, an aggressive stop and search and roadblock mounted by the men of Nigeria police officers in Warri.
“The hoodlums later abandoned the vehicle they were using and escaped. The abandoned car was thoroughly searched, and three rifles were recovered.
“Two among the rifles belonged to the slain PMF men and the last rifle belonged to the hoodlums. Efforts are ongoing to trace and apprehend the fleeing hoodlums.”
The Delta State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Bright Edafe, when contacted concerning the attack, said that the attack was a failed kidnapped operation and that the hoodlums did not succeed in kidnapping the wife of honourable Augustine.
He also mentioned that the three rifles collected from the mobile policemen by the gunmen were recovered, adding: “I can’t confirm their death yet.”
