Two members of a suspected armed robbery gang who allegedly killed a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), during a robbery operation in Benin, have been arrested by operatives of the Edo State Police Command.
The late corps member, David Onyeasina, was said to have been shot by the gang after robbing a shop along Muritala Mohammed Way, close to Edo College, the school said to be the place of primary assignment of the victim.
The 21-year old Onyeasina, a graduate of Fine and Applied Arts from the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, Oyo state, was said to have gone to shop to buy a recharge card when he was hit by the armed robbers bullet.
Edo Police Command Spokesman, DSP Stephen Onwochei, who gave the names of the two suspects as Mathias Efe and Dominus Aisabodo, disclosed that they were arrest shortly after the incident and that the suspects had confessed that the victim was killed during a sporadic shootout as they attempted to escape after the operation.
According to Onwochei, items recovered from the two arrested suspects include two cut-to-size guns, nine live cartridges, 10 mobile handsets and jewellery belonging to their victims.
For more scintillating and juicy stories, follow the official Naijapals accounts On Twitter - @Naijapals and Facebook - www.facebook.com/naijapals
| Posted: at | |
elchymo
ujmaria
charisVEC
Slimchery
Tos2130
TRENDING GISTS 
Mohbad’s Wife, Wunmi Officially Served DNA Court Order, Pasted on Her House Gate
Aftermath Of Niger Prison Collapse That Allowed 119 Inmates To Escape Following Rainstorm
VIDEO: Groom Breaks Down In Tears As Bride Walks To Him On Wedding Day
How Abusive Nigerian Man, Beat Wife To Death Months After Relocating To The UK