nn Five suspected killers of ACP Mr. Usman Ndanbabo killed in Delta state

Five hoodlums suspected to have been behind
the killing of Ughelli Police Area Commander,
Mr. Usman Ndanbabo, an Assistant
Commissioner of Police in Delta State last
Sunday have been shot dead by a special police
squad in the state.
The hoodlums were shot dead around Ughelli
during an encounter with operatives of the
state anti-kidnapping squad on Wednesday.
Security sources disclosed that the squad,
which was deployed under the command of the
State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Zainna
Ibrahim, who himself relocated to the town to
give effective supervision, encountered the
robbery gang in a fierce shootout.
It was gathered that the hoodlums did not
deliberately shoot at the deceased police boss
but decided to snuff life out of him when he
tried to escape with the key of his Camry car
which they were after. “The hoodlums were just
armed robbers trying to snatch the ACP
Ndanbobo’s car. They shot him because he was
trying to escape with the key of his car. They
were after the car so they decided to shoot him
to access the key”, the police source said.
ACP Ndanbabo was shot twice last Sunday at
close range at about 8 p.m. while returning
from an outing.
Delta State Commissioner of Police, Zanna
Ibrahim confirmed yesterday that five of the
suspected killers had been shot dead.
He said “The suspects have complicity in most
robbery attacks and kidnappings within Ughelli
and environs including the attack that led to the
death of the Area Commander, Ughelli, ACP
Usman Ndanbabo and yet to be seen DSP
German Emmanuel who was declared missing
since September 2016”.
The Police Boss said the suspects had confessed
that they shot the officer (Ndanbobo) who they
ambushed at Ughelli because he took flight with
the keys of his Toyota Camry car with
registration number EKP 05 AAX which they
attempted robbing. One of the escapee robbers,
Ratty, later abandoned the car now recovered
by the police.
“Serious operations are ongoing to arrest other
fleeing members of the gang” the State Police
Boss disclosed.