Two occupants of a Toyota Camry automobile bearing registration quantity Delta 01A – 75 DT had been on Tuesday shot and fatally wounded alongside the Previous Anwai Street in Asaba, the Delta State’s capital.
The incident occurred about 300 metres away to the Authorities Home the place the car was headed when it got here below assault at Bridge Radio Station.
The motive of the assault was nonetheless sketchy whereas the identities of the attackers haven’t been ascertained.
Sympathisers had been seen trying to hurry the victims who had been badly wounded to a close-by hospital.
It will likely be recalled that the Delta State Police Commissioner, CP Olufemi Abaniwobda whereas briefing newsmen just lately, assured residents of elevated and aggressive policing throughout the ’ember’ months.
“You’ll recall that in my final briefing, I intimated the general public on deployment made within the metropolis to checkmate the actions of kidnappers and you’ll observe that the actions of kidnappers and armed robbers have dropped astronomically.
“As you might be conscious, we at the moment are within the ember months and the command is conscious of the probably upsurge in crime inside this durations, therefore an operation order has been issued to all Space commanders, DPOS and Tactical commanders.
“There can be elevated visibility policing, raiding of black spots and prison hideout throughout the 25 native authorities areas within the state.
“I additionally want to encourage members of the general public to belief and all the time report incidences to the police, as this goes a good distance in combating and checkmating the actions of criminals”, he said.
