Suspected armed robbers have shot dead a mobile police officer in Warri, Delta state.
The offcier believed to be attached to a Mobile Squadron outfit of the Warri Area Command was gunned down on Thursday, October 15, 2020.
Eyewitnesses say the armed men drove into a petrol station in Etuwewe, in Warri South Local Government area where they engaged in a conversation with the victim. As the conversation progressed, one of the men shot the mobile policeman on close range and catered away with his gun.
The state’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Onome Onovwakpoyeya, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) has confirmed the accident without disclosing the identity of the slain police officer.
The corpse of the slain cop has since been taken to a mortuary by operatives of the B Division.
A senior police officer in Warri who spoke about the incident said ever since the disbandment of SARS the whole area has become vulnerable.
“The area has become porous since this protest started. Those guys helping us to patrol the place are the ones you people are saying should go.
“I really don’t know how we are going to cope. It’s so unfortunate,” the officer lamented.
