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Dele Ogunyemi, Warri
Published 8:57 pm
A gang of daredevil criminals stormed Ashaka community in Ndokwa East Local Government Area of Delta State in the early hours of Tuesday killing a police Inspector simply named Musa, burnt a police patrol van and carted away the Ak-47 service rifle of the slain cop.
Consequently, the gory incident threw the entire community into mourning.
The PUNCH gathered that trouble started as early as 4.30 am when three policemen of Ashaka Division were at their routine checkpoint in front of Matar-Dei Grammar School gate when the hoodlums said to be numbering three on a motorbike attacked the unsuspecting police team with daggers and battle-axes.
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