The Police Command in Cross River, has killed five suspected armed
robbery gang who engaged the police in a gun duel shortly after robbing a
filling station at Atu Street in Calabar on Sunday.
Mr Hafiz Inuwa, the Commissioner of Police in the state, who briefed
newsmen on the incident at the Atakpa Police Station, said the robbers
invaded the filling station on Sunday morning.
Eyes of Lagos gathered That“Some of these armed robbers are giving us problems in Calabar municipality.
”These set of robbers were caught up in a gun battle with the police
shortly after they robbed a filling station in Atu area of Calabar
South.
“They had a shoot-out with the police and our men were able to gun
down five of them. These were the same gang that we already have their
profile.
“We have been on the watch out for them because they were the same people that snatched two AK47 rifles from our men.
“This is a pointer to the fact that the police and other security
agencies will not rest until the state is free from all forms if
criminalities,” he said.
Inuwa said that people who decides to take up arms against law
abiding citizens in the state would have themselves to blame because the
police was out for “fire-for-fire”
