BEVERLY HILLS, January 08, (THEWILL) – Suspected armed robbers have reportedly shot and killed a police officer, Inspector Mohammed Hameed, in Benin, Edo State.
The incident occurred Wednesday night along the ever-busy Lagos Street.
It was gathered that a police patrol team had received a distress call that some suspected armed robbers snatched a car around the Ring Road.
The team, which swiftly responded, gave the hoodlums a hot chase towards Lagos Street, a short distance from the city center.
A gun fire exchange between the Police team and the armed robbers who shot at the patrol van, hit Inspector Hameed. The deceased who led the patrol team was said to have died on the spot. One of the robbers was also killed.
The State Command’s Spokesman, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, could not be reached on his mobile phone for comment.
