Tochukwu Eluwa -Delta
The Nigeria Police force has killed two suspected cultist who allegedly invaded Jesse Police Station in Jesse, Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State today at the early hours in an attempt to free some robbery suspects.
The Delta State Police command confirmed the death of two persons today, noting that some armed youths suspected to be cultist launched an attacked on the Jesse Police station in a failed attempt to free some of their members.
According to the Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, Onome Onowhakpoyeya, who confirmed the attack told AFNEWS that the , “two persons were shot dead after they attacked the Jesse Police Station cell this early morning and attempted to free some robbery suspects; they had actually broken the key of the cell when Policemen on duty, reinforced and went after them and two of them were shot dead in the process” she said.
However, in a swift reaction, members of Jesse community who spoke to AFNEWS expressed their displeasure over the killing of the youths,they accused the police of not being truthful, “they said 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”
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