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  • Many injured as police, air force personnel clash

    Many injured as police, air force personnel clash

    The peaceful atmosphere in Jeddo, Okpe council area of Delta, on the outskirts of Warri metropolis, was shattered Monday evening as operatives of two sister security agencies; police and the Nigerian Air Force, engaged each other in a fierce shootout.

    Although there was no death record from the engagement, the Nation gathered that several persons, including personnel of both agencies and some residents of the area, sustained various degrees of injuries even as properties including vehicles and makeshift homes, were destroyed.

    The Nation gathered that trouble started when a personnel of the Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU) of the police got engaged in a hot argument with a lady, which resulted in a physical assault as the police personnel reportedly slapped the lady, who happens to be an air force personnel’s daughter.

    The lady went back home to relate her experience to her father, who reportedly mobilised his men to storm the spot where his daughter had been assaulted. The police official also called his colleagues in when he sensed that the situation was about to go out of hands.

    Security sources disclosed that the Airforce, on arriving the scene, opened fire which was replied by the Police special squad with people scampering for safety.

    Alhough no life was lost in the incident, several people, including the personnel of the two agencies, sustained injuries while several vehicles were vandalised and make shift properties of traders destroyed. The incident has scared most residents out of their homes, fearing there might be further faceoff between personnel of both bodies.

    Although efforts to get an official reaction from the police was not immediately successful as the police spokesman at the Delta state police command, DSP Andrew Aniamaka, said he was driving when reached, a senior police source confirmed the incident, but was unable to talk much.

    It was also gathered that the Area Commander of the Police in charge of Warri, Mohammed Shaba, an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) met with the new Commanding Officer of NAF for several hours to find a lasting solution to the clash.

    “I am in a meeting over the clash. I cant talk on it. It is the Commander of the Nigerian Airforce that call talk on it”, he said on phone.

    Delta State Commissioner of Police, Zanna Ibrahim, said he was not aware of the incident but promised to investigate.

  • Police in Delta probe death of commander

    The police in Delta are investigating the murder of the Ughelli Area Commander, ACP, Usman Ndanbaba, by unidentified persons,  the Commissioner of Police, Mr  Zanna Ibrahim, has confirmed.

    Ibrahim spoke on Tuesday in reaction to the news of    the killing of Ndanbaba on Sunday night.

    He said the command was investigating the attack and would ensure that the culprits were brought to book.

    The Delta Command of Nigeria Police was on Tuesday thrown into a  mourning mood over the death of Ndanbaba, the  Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Andrew Aniamaka, said.

    Aniamaka said  “the whole command is saddened by the news and there is nothing we can do about it now.”

    The late police officer was allegedly shot by unidentified persons on Sunday night while he was returning from an outing at about 8p.m in his car.

    A source said the officer was trailed by his attackers and shot at the roundabout opposite the palace of  Ovie of Ughelli on Isoko Road.

    He was allegedly shot twice at close range, following which he was rushed to an undisclosed hospital where he died.

  • Police confirm death of suspected armed bandit in Delta

    The Delta police command on Monday said its operatives had killed a notorious suspected armed robber simply known as “Tompolo”.

    The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Andrew Aniamaka, who confirmed the death of the suspected robber, however, added that three of his accomplices escaped with bullet wounds.

    Aniamaka said police detectives from Enerhen division in Uvwie local government area near Warri, foiled a robbery attack following a distress call and in the ensueing gun duel, killed Tompolo, on April 9.

    He said, “I got a distress call that one suspect has been gunned down by men of the Enerhen police division, with the assistance of the local vigilantes, after a gun duel.

    “Item recovered from the suspect included a cut to size locally made pistol and some rounds of ammunition,” he said.

    He noted that the incident happened after the deceased alongside others had successfully robbed a female victim of a huge sum of money at about 5:00 am around Dugbo Estate.

    “Tompolo and his boys robbed a woman of her handbag containing huge sums of money she was going to the market with.

    “Tompolo and his gang members had been terrorizing neighborhoods around here for so long,” he said.