An Inspector of Police with the Edo State Police Command’s Anti Cultism Unit , Mohammed Hameed was on Wednesday night killed by suspected armed robbers operating in Lagos Street,Benin City,Edo State.
The Police officer was In a patrol with other officers when the hoodlums opened fire on them in Lagos Street and killed him.
In retaliation, the police felled one of the armed robbery suspects.
Standard Gazette learnedthat the policemen on patrol got a distress call that some suspected armed robbers snatched a car around the King’s Square in Benin city and headed towards Lagos street in the Edo state capital.
The police responded swiftly and pursued the hoodlums towards the said Lagos street in Benin city.
Upon sighting the police, the hoodlums opened fire into the patrol van and killed Inspector Mohammed Hameed who led the response team.
