An armed robbery suspect has been shot dead by operatives of the Ogun State Police Command.
He was killed in the early hours of Friday along Shagamu-Ijebu Ode Expressway when he was robbing people.
The suspect met his waterloo when the Divisional Police Officer of Odogbolu division, SP Awoniyi Adekunle, and his men who were on a joint patrol with a team of military men, received a distress call that armed robbers numbering about seven had blocked the road around Southwestern University, and were dispossessing people of their belongings.
Upon the distress call, the DPO and his team moved to the scene.
However, as soon as the armed robbers sighted them, they engaged them in a gun duel which lasted about forty five minutes.
At the end of the encounter, one of the robbers was arrested with severe bullets wounds while others escaped with varying degrees of gunshot wounds.
The arrested armed robbery suspect gave up the ghost on the way to the hospital.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Edward Awolowo Ajogun, who commended the quick response and bravery of his men has directed that the entire area be properly combed with the view to apprehend the escaped members of the gang.
The CP also appealed to members of the public, especially hospital, to alert the police, if anybody with gunshot injury was seen in their area.
