There was double trouble at the weekend along Eku-Sapele road, Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State when gunmen suspected to be robbers accosted and robbed a family conveying the remains of their son, Efe Onosakponwha.
Vanguard reports that Onosakponwha was killed in a robbery operation carried out by 20 men last Wednesday at Eku area of the state.
It was gathered that the incident occurred at about 5:10 p.m., Thursday, around Okerekpo axis of Eku-Sapele road while members of the Onosakponwha family, including mother of the deceased, were transporting his remains from Warri General Hospital to Eku for burial.
A female member of the family who refused to give her name said, the robbers collected the sum of N90, 000 and other valuables from the family, despite seeing corpse in the car.
“Oweing to the gravity of the gunshot wound Efe sustained, he was referred to the Warri General Hospital for treatment where N110, 000 was demanded for treatment. His mother went back to Eku to source for the money but was only able to raise N90, 000. Upon her return, she was told that her son, who was shot on the buttocks, with the bullet exiting through his groin, was dead. It was while they were transporting the remains of their son back to Eku that they drove into the robbers who equally rob and disposed them of their cash and other valuables despite the presence of a corpse in the car,” the source said.
Meanwhile, the leader of a notorious six-man robbery gang who mainly operate on the Ife/Akure Expressway has been killed, while three members of his gang were arrested.
The Lagos state police command on Wednesday also arrested a pastor who was in the habit of breaking into churches and carting away music instruments, wall clocks, offering and tithe.
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