Pregnant Woman R@ped Mercilessly As Robbers Shot Newly Wedded Couple

Two members of a notorious armed robbery gang are
currently in police net for r@ping a six-month old
pregnant woman after robbing their apartment along
Anwai road, Asaba, Delta state.

According to LEADERSHIP, the suspects also attacked a

man and robbed him of his handset including other

valuables on the same road, after beating up another

male victim including a lady who was also allegedly

raped at gun point.

Confirming the incident, the Police PRO in the state,

DSP Celestina Kalu, said that the incident occurred on

Friday [July 18] evening, adding that the pregnant

woman was receiving treatment in an undisclosed

hospital in Asaba. She said that the suspect upon

interrogation confessed to the crime adding that on

completion of investigation, they will be charged to

court.

Also, dare-devil armed robbers yesterday in the early

hours along Benin-Asaba expressway held travellers

including traders going to Onitsha market to ransom.

They carted away an estimated sum of N1.6 million,

killed a lorry motor boy and shot a newly wedded

couple.

Eyewitness said that the rampaging robbers blocked

the road between Otulu and Onitsha Ugbo communities

with big woods thereby catching travellers unaware.

It was gathered that while the robbery lasted, the

robbers who were said to be operating with

sophisticated weapons kept shooting sporadically to

scare their victims before men of the anti-robbery

squad moved into the scene to engage them.

Unfortunately, some of the robbers escaped with one of

the vehicles with bullet wounds while others ran into

the bush and abandoned the second vehicle by the road

side. DSP Kalu confirmed that the robbery was bloody

saying that they carted away huge sum of money from

the travellers.