Delta State Police Command on Wednesday arrested seven
persons over the alleged killing of three policemen attached to the command by
suspected Fulani herdsmen who reportedly attacked their patrol team on the Ugbolu-Illah
Road in Oshimili North Local Government Area of the state.
It was learnt that the patrol team had mounted a
checkpoint on the road when the assailants launched a surprise attack last
Tuesday night, leaving four policemen critically injured.
A local source said trouble started when three men
on a motorcycle refused to stop when flagged down by the policemen despite an
apparent attempt by one of them to frighten the motorcyclist to stop by pulling
out a gun.
The source, who said he joined other good
Samaritans who rushed to the scene and eventually helped the injured policemen
to hospital in Asaba, noted that instead of fleeing, the criminals confronted
the policemen in a fierce combat.
According to the source, "The Fulani men shot
two policemen and one of them pulled out a dagger and stabbed the third
policeman to death. When we heard the gunshots and noise, some of us rushed in and
helped to take the bodies of the three police officers to the Federal Medical
Centre (FMC) in Asaba.
However, the Delta State Commissioner of Police, Mr.
Hafiz Inuwa, while confirming the incident yesterday evening, insisted that
only one of the policemen had died.
Inuwa said: "Our men were attacked which led
to the death of one after saving the lives of a Sienna driver along with two
others when our patrol team by our boarder with Edo State responded. The Sienna
car riddled with bullets is under investigation in Edo State."
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