Details
of how three alleged armed robbers killed a dispatch rider and stole
his smartphones he was to deliver to them have been revealed.
The three armed robbers after they were caught
The details of how three suspected armed robbers shot and killed a
dispatch rider who had gone to deliver smartphones to them have been
revealed. The killers have now been arrested by operatives of the Rivers
State Police Command.
According to Punch, the armed robbers had ordered for smartphones
from an unnamed company and had waited at their hideout for the firm to
send the items across through a courier. The dispatch rider, who had
gone to deliver the items on Saturday, was unmindful of the fact that
the receivers of the goods were armed robbers.
On getting to his destination, the yet to be identified dispatcher
rider was thoroughly beaten and killed with a gun. It was learnt that
the body of the courier was thrown into a soak-away pit.
Confirming the incident in a telephone interview, the State Police
Public Relations Officer, Mr Nnamdi Omoni, said a group of policemen,
who were on patrol arrested three hoodlums, including a girlfriend to
one of them.
“I can confirm the incident. What happened was that these armed
robbers ordered for smartphones from a certain courier company in
Rivers State.
“Then the company sent the phones through a dispatch rider. On
getting there, the hoodlums beat up the dispatch rider and later shot
him and he died inside their flat.
“After killing him, they (hoodlums) took the corpse to a place,
opened a soak-away pit and threw the victim’s body inside there. Our
men, who were on patrol and acting on credible intelligence, arrested
two of them and they showed us where they hid the corpse.
“The incident happened on Saturday on Location Road in Ada
George, Port Harcourt. Three persons were arrested, including a
girlfriend to one of the suspected armed robbers,” he stated.
Omoni, however, said that investigation was ongoing with a view to arresting other members of the armed robbery gang.