An armed robbery suspect was shot dead in the early hour of Monday by operatives of Ogun State Police Command.
Along with others, they engaged the police in a gun duel.
Other suspects escaped with gunshot injuries.
The spokesman of the police in Ogun State, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, made these known on Tuesday in a statement made available to FrontPage.
He said the encounter with the robbers followed a distress call received by police at Ikenne divisional headquarters at about 5 00 a.m. that a group of armed robbers had blocked the road along Olabiro Street in Ikenne and were dispossessing people of their valuables at gun point.
Upon the distress call, the Divisional Police Officer, Ikenne, CSP Noukauba Onuma, mobilised his patrol team and moved to the scene.
On sighting the policemen, the hoodlums engaged them in a gun battle which lasted about 30 minutes.
At the end of the duel, one of the suspected robbers was shot dead while others escaped with various degree of gunshot injuries
Recovered from the dead robber are one cut to size locally made gun, one live cartridge and one expended cartridge.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Edward Awolowo Ajogun, has praised his men for their display of gallantry.
He said that that should be a warning signal to any would be criminal who were deluding themselves that police were not working again to have a rethink.
He assured that the command will go to any length in protecting the people of Ogun State.
He also directed that the fleeing members of the gang be hunted for and brought to justice within the shortest possible time.
