Two policemen who were escorting some VIPs have been shot dead following an ambush on them by a gang of armed robbers who attacked them at Orerokpe in Okpe local government area of Delta State.
According to reports, the VIPs, a husband and wife, sustained various degrees of injuries leading to the death of the wife who passed on in the early hours of Sunday at an undisclosed hospital.
It was also gathered that the hoodlums carted away a huge amount of money from the victims alongside the AK47 rifle of one of the slain policemen.
The Delta State Police command is yet to comment on the incident as efforts to reach the Public Relations Officer, DSP Onome Onovwakpoyeya were fruitless as at the time of this report.
