Some armed bandits terrorizing the Warri Garage, Lower Erejuwa Road and environs in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State met their waterloo as they were gunned down by the police.
Three of the alleged criminals were gunned down by police men who later proceeded to their hideouts where another two suspected armed robbers were killed.
The police team from B Division Warri recovered some cut to size guns, live ammunitions and long sharp daggers from the hideouts of the alleged criminals.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Delta State Police headquarters, Asaba, DSP Bright Edafe confirmed the incident.
Following the development, some members of Erejuwa Motor Spare Parts Dealers Association, residents of Sam Warri Street, Ope Street, Old Welfare Street, Radio Road, Ometan Street, Enamejewan Street and Warri Garage area are rejoicing over the deaths of the hoodlums.
They celebrated the gallantry of the police men while expressing belief that with the police action, security and peace would be restored in the area.
Some of them who spoke to our correspondent under condition of anonymity, urged the police to sustain the action.
Few weeks before his death, one of the dead hoodlums was said to have robbed a lady, an engine oil seller, stabbing her severally on one of her hands and thereafter carted away her android phone and huge sum of money in the early evening of the fateful day.
The hoodlums were said to have also attacked worshippers in a church in the Ginuwa area and made off with handsets, monies and other valuables of their victims the Sunday before their encounter with the police.
