POLICE FOIL ATTEMPTED ROBBEREY IN ABUJA.

The FCT Police Command has foiled an attempted robbery in Apo Resettlement, Abuja. 

The command’s Public Relations Officer, Josephine Adeh, in a statement on Tuesday, said the incident occurred around 10:30pm on Monday, resulting in a gun battle that left one suspect dead, with two others injured.

Adeh revealed that the police received a distress call from a commercial motorcycle rider and quickly mobilized their Ambush and Surveillance Teams to the scene, adding that a reinforcement team led by the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Operations arrived, responding with superior firepower that forced the assailants to flee.

She further said that a joint operation involving police operatives and local vigilantes is now underway to arrest the fleeing suspects, while a vehicle belonging to one of the victims was recovered from the scene, and the body of the deceased suspect was deposited in the hospital morgue.

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