A suspected member of the Indigenous People of Biafra was killed during a gun battle with the police in Delta State.
The incident occurred at Ogbada Quarters along the Illah-Akwukwu-Igbo Road, in the Oshimili Local Government Area of the state.
The state Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Ali, who disclosed this in a statement said, “A police patrol team attached to Illah division, while on stop and search at Ogbada Quarters along Illah-Akwukwu-Igbo Road, was attacked by three armed men suspected to be members of the proscribed IPOB.”
CP Ali the team engaged the attackers in a gun duel “during which one of the hoodlums was neutralised, while other members of the gang escaped with gunshot injuries.”
The police said one AK-47 rifle with breech no 2534896 and six rounds of 7.62mm ammunition were recovered from the hoodlums.