SAD: Woman Robbed, Murdered After Police Seized Her Vehicle

The Delta State Command of the Nigeria Police Force, is currently regretting the actions of some Officers which led to the death of one Mrs. Ughochukwu Grace Dabo after having her car impounded by the Police.

The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO of the command, DSP Onome Onovwakpoyeya in a Press Statement and obtained by ASABA METRO, conveyed the regrets of the Command while narrating the incident which led to the unfortunate end of Mrs Dabo.

The Statement read below;

On the 20th of July, 2019 at about 1920hrs, while one Mrs. Ughochukwu Grace Dabo was driving home in the company of her 11yr old daughter Dabo Oghenenyerhovwo Evon in her Toyota Sienna Space Bus Reg. No AGL 822 EY, she was intercepted by Police Patrol team at Igbiki junction, Ovwian-Aladja and when she could not produce the vehicle documents on demand by the Police, the vehicle was impounded and taken to the Police station for further investigation, while the woman was left at the scene having refused to go along with the Policemen to the station.

However, on the same night, at about 2105hrs, her husband one Mr. Benjamin Dabo later reported to the DPO at the station that, while the woman was on her way home with her daughter in a commercial tri-cycle they boarded, she was attacked, robbed and shot dead by a three (3) man Armed Robbery gang operating with the same tricycle unknowingly boarded by her, but her 11yr old daughter survived the attack and escaped unhurt.  She was able to narrate how her mother was killed by men of the underworld who are yet to be arrested.

The Commissioner of Police regrets the unfortunate incident leading to the death of the deceased and commiserates with her family members. He therefore  assures  members  of  the Public, and  in particular the immediate family of the deceased, of the commitment of the Police  to thoroughly  investigate the role played by the Police in the incident and to ensure the arrest of the fleeing Armed Robbers with a view to  ensuring that full justice is done without fear or favour.