Robbers shot dead policeman in Warri

A three-man robbery gang has killed a yet-to-be-identified mobile policeman in Warri, Delta State.
An eye witness said on Monday that the robbers shot the policeman three times on the chest.
He said that the event took place at the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) roundabout, Warri.
The witness said that the policeman was shot in company of two persons in a car.
He said that the victim was escorting one of the occupants who had withdrawn some money from a bank.
“The robbers were dressed in black and masked. The policeman and the occupants did not know that they were being trailed by the hoodlums,’’ the witness said.
Another eyewitness, Chigozie Joshua, said that he saw two of the robbers come out of their Toyota Corolla car and shot the policeman three times inside the car and took away the money.
Joshua, who hawks clothes, said that the robbers spared the other two occupants after making away with the money in a nylon bag.
Speaking in Pidgin English, he said: “I dey waka dey sell when three guys bring out gun and stop the car where the policeman and other people dey inside, then just shoot the policeman three times for chest.’’
“Them come collect the money from them inside the car and they come drive off and the other two people in the car come carry the policeman go hospital,” he said.
He said that as he was walking along the street, he saw the robbers stop a car with three people inside, including a policeman and they shot the policeman three times on the chest.
Joshua said that other two passengers then rushed the policeman to the hospital.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Delta Police Command, DSP Celestina Kalu, confirmed the incident, saying the police were on the trail of the criminals.