DELTA State police have arrested a young armed robber known as David Arogoy after his father handed him over when he came back from an operation early in the morning suffering from bullet shot wounds.  

In an act of public spiritedness, Mr Arogoy Snr handed his son to the police at Ekpan Division in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State. He explained to the police that his son had returned home in agony at the early hours of March 14 with bullet wounds and he had to report the case to the police for his own safety.  

Mr Arogoy also informed the divisional police officer, Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) Chris Sorgbara, that his son had been in the armed robbery business for long and he did not want to be seen as aiding and abetting his chosen profession. Upon interrogation, the suspect confessed that he and his gang had gone on a robbery operation at the Edo Guest House in Ekpan that fateful morning.  

On March 13, the 20-man gang had mounted a roadblock on the NPA Expressway directly under the refinery flyover where they had dispossessed unsuspecting road users of many valuables. Members of the gang were said to have been terrorising the area, particularly Edo Guest House, for over a month and their latest operation was said to be their third in a row.  

CSP Sorgbara disclosed that he had received a distress call between 5am and 5.30 am of March 14 that there was a robbery operation going on in the Edo Guest House on Refinery Road. He said he was also informed that the robbers were armed with machetes, broken bottles and knives, among other weapons and he had to swiftly dispatch the anti-robbery patrol team to intercept and dislodge the criminals. 

However, on seeing the police team, the robbers opened fire and a gun duel ensued. During the gun duel, the leader of the gang, simply identified as Oga Kenneth, was gunned down on the spot while other members escaped with bullet wounds.