Four Robbers Shot Dead

By Emma Una

The police in Ekori, Yakkur Local Government Rea of Cross River State, Nigeria, killed four armed robbers at the Nko Rubber Estate.

Sources said the four robbers are among the gang of eight who took advantage of the bad state of the road to terrorise commuters and the people of the area for several months.

“They made the Calabar Ikom road a nightmare for travellers especially at night,” a source said.

According to our source who gave his name as David, a resident of Nko, the robbers occasionally laid an ambush for travellers at bad spots along the highway where they stopped vehicles to rob.

He said the robbers waylaid motorists at the bad spot close to the Nko Rubber Estate and were dispossessing people of money and valuables when the police got wind of their presence and went after them.

A police source revealed that “we put out the light on our vehicle and swooped on them suddenly in the dark. We shot at them at close range and some managed to escape into the estate while our fire cut down these four.

He said the police beef up security to ensure that the Yakkur New Yam festival which the state is scheduled to celebrate is crime free.

The robbers, at press time, were yet to be identified as they are said to be strange faces in the area.

“Unusually, these robbers come from other states to rob here. None of these faces is a familiar one around here,” David added.