Police Kill Two Benue Bank Robbers, Arrest Four

The Benue State Police command has confirmed the arrest of four of the armed robbers who invaded Otukpo last Friday, killing seven people including a divisional police officer and two other female police officers.

The Command’s PPRO, SP Sewuese Anene disclosed in a statement on Saturday that, “the robbers who were intercepted along Otukpo-Taraku road engaged officers in a gun duel and two of the robbers died in the process.”

She added that while other gang members abandoned their vehicles and escaped into the forest area, they are been chased by the police.

According to her, “the DPO who sustained a gunshot injury on his stomach and three other police officers have been confirmed dead at the hospital. “Other persons who sustained injuries in the bank have been moved to the hospital for treatment. Investigation is ongoing at the moment,” the statement added.