IN a society where many parents cover the evil
perpetrated by their children, one Arogoy has handed
over his son, David, who engaged in armed robbery, to the
police at Ekpan Division in Uvwie Local Government Area
of Delta State.
Arogoy explained to the police that his son had returned
home in agony at the wee hours of March 14 with bullet
wounds and he had to report the case to the police for
his own safety.
Mr Arogoy also informed the Divisional Police Officer
(DPO) in charge of the division, Chris Sorgbara, a Chief
Superintendent of Police (CSP), that his son had been in
the armed robbery business for long and he did not want
to be seen as aiding and abetting his chosen profession.
It was gathered that the suspect had confessed that he
and his gang had gone on a robbery operation in Edo
Guest House at Ekpan that fateful morning.
Crime Reports also gathered that on March 13, the 20-
man gang had mounted a roadblock on the NPA
expressway directly under the refinery fly-over where they
had dispossessed unsuspecting road users of many
valuables.
Members of the gang were said to have been terrorising
the area, particularly Edo Guest House, for over a month
and their latest operation was said to be their third in a
row.
Confirming the incident, CSP Sorgbara disclosed that he
had received a distress call between 5:00 a.m and 5:30
a.m of March 14 that there was a robbery operation going
on in Edo Guest House at Refinery road.
He said he was also informed that the robbers were
armed with machetes, broken bottles, and knives, among
other weapons.
Sorgbara said he had to swiftly dispatch the anti-robbery
patrol team under him to intercept and dislodge the
criminals.
According to him, the robbers, on seeing the police team,
opened fire and the police responded and a gun duel
ensued. During the gun duel, he said the leader of the
gang, simply identified as Oga Kenneth, was gunned down
on the spot while other members of the gang escaped
with bullet wounds.
Oga Kenneth was described by the police DPO as a
notorious robber who was responsible for various armed
robbery operations in the area.
However, Crime Reports gathered that on March 11, one
Ajukwu Chubuike, Odivwri Kobiro and Prince Edafe, were
arrested at the same Edo Guest House while
dispossessing guests of their belongings.
Victims of the March 14 armed robbery operation related
their ordeals to Crime Reports.
One of them, Ebi Moses, who is still nursing the machete
cut injuries from the robbers, told reporters that he lost
N47, 000 and two android phones to the robbers.
The Director of Edo Guest House, Anthony Ukwade
described the robbers’ invasion as hellish, saying that
they banged the doors of the hotel rooms and dealt badly
with his guests.
Ukwade thanked the good Nigerian who placed the
distress call to the Ekpan police station, which eventually
came to their rescue.
