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The Delta state police command has confirmed the killing of two notorious armed robbers terrorizing the community, saying that guns, live cartridges, and ammunition were recovered from the hoodlums.
According to the Divisional Police Officer, Ovwian Aladja, CSP Aliyu Shaba, they got information that two members of the dreaded Momotimi Gang were sighted in a pub at Opete community in the Owvain Aladja, Udu LGA on the 2nd of December 2022.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe, in a statement on Sunday, said Shaba mobilized a team of policemen to the scene.
The statement reads in part, “On getting to the spot, the operatives found the duo of Gift Famous, aka Bobone, 29, and Edafe Onaibe, aka Laslas 1500, 25, of Enerhen, both of whom had long been on the command’s wanted list for their criminal exploits in Warri and other parts of the state.
“In the ensuing gun duel, both suspects were fatally wounded while the police officers took them to a hospital.”
The police spokesperson said on the way to the hospital, the suspects confessed to several robberies and assassinations, including the murder of one Douglas Abugu in Ekpan on August 18, 2022.
Famous, according to the PPRO, claimed to have murdered Abugu “because he took over the position of quarter chairman from him when he was in prison, and he could not get back his position when he returned, hence his decision to kill Douglas.”
The dreaded criminal also confessed to killing a youth known as small doctor on the 22nd of August in Ekpan.
However, the two culprits reportedly gave up the ghost on the way to the hospital due to injuries suffered from gun shot.