Victim knocks down robbery suspect with car

An unidentified robbery suspect met his match yesterday when their victim allegedly knocked him down with his vehicle shortly after they robbed him, unfortunately three of his gang members escaped.

Eyewitnesses said the four-man robbery gang had allegedly blocked a man driving his car at Obosi by-pass along the Onitsha-Owerri dual carriageway and stolen his personal belongings.

After they robbed him and were trying to escape, the victim used his vehicle to knock down one of the suspects down fortunately, those who witnessed the robbery held the suspect  then took him to the nearby Obosi police station where he died from his injuries.

The lifeless body of the robbery suspect was in front of the police station for about an hour before it was evacuated to a nearby mortuary.

The State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, DSP Ali Okechukwu, said he was yet to be briefed about the incident.

Source: Vanguard