GUNSHOT BATTLE As Suspected Cultists Invade Police Station To Free Robbery Suspects

It almost became a full-on war as suspected cultists invaded the Jesse Police Station in Jesse, Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State in the early hours of Wednesday in an attempt to free some robbery suspects.

The Delta State Police command confirmed the death of two persons after the attack.

The Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, Onome Onowhakpoyeya, who confirmed the attack, said that “two persons were shot dead after they attacked the Jesse Police Station cell this early morning and attempted to free some robbery suspects, in fact, they had actually broken the key of the cell when Policemen on duty, reenforced and went after them and two of them were shot dead in the process” she said.

But a source at the community who craved anonymity revealed that the police were economical with the truth “the truth is that one of those Yahoo boys had an issue with another one involving money and one chased the other into the police station with a machete, and right there he butchered him to death and the murderer was running away when the police shot him”

The source said, residents of the community were angered by the brutal way the guy was shot so they mobilized themselves with an intention to set the station on fire, and in the process, a woman was hit by a stray bullet “and she is now receiving treatment in an undisclosed clinic in town”

The corpses have been deposited in a mortuary around the community and security men and members of the vigilante were seen on ground in an attempt to calm the situation.

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