Two victims of robbery along Uromi junction in Agbor, Delta State, have been rescued, the police in the oil rich southern state have said.
The development is contained in a statement by Delta State Commissioner of Police Wale Abass, signed by police public relations officer DSP Bright Edafe.
The victims, aged 36 and 41, were attacked on their way from the Agbor-Obia axis.
According to the statement, the operation was led by the Divisional Police Officer, Agbor Division, CSP Idris Haruna.
According to Edafe: “On 26th June 26, 2023, at about 1:35 am, the DPO of Agbor Division, CSP Idris Haruna, received a distress call of an ongoing armed robbery operation along Uromi Junction.
“He promptly responded and led operatives of the division to the scene where the hoodlums, on sighting the police, took to their heels and escaped into a nearby bush, abandoning one cut-to-size locally fabricated gun and one expanded cartridge.”