Police neutralize suspected armed robber, dislodge others in Gombe
The Gombe State Police Command has neutralized one suspected armed robber while the others fled with gunshot wounds during a gunfight in a robbery attempt.
In a press statement, the Command PPRO, ASP Mahid Abubakar, stated that the incident happened on Thursday, September 9, 2023, at around 5:00 pm.
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He related how a commercial vehicle traveling from the Bauchi axis to Gombe alerted officers with Mopol 34 PMF stationed at the Wuro Dole checkpoint that, at around 0430 hours, a group of suspected armed robbers stone-walled the Gombe/Bauchi road and stole their valuables.
The PPRO stated that, on getting the report, the Police team mobilized and boarded the same commercial bus back to the scene of the incident to get the armed robbers.
