Zenab who allegedly axed her husband to death

BY SIMON EBEGBULEM
BENIN CITY — FOUR notorious robbers, including the alleged killers of policemen along the Benin-Auchi road by-pass, were yesterday gunned down by the police in Edo State during an early morning shoot out.

One police officer was, however, shot on the leg by the robbers who operated by the Ogbemudia Farms area, along the Benin-Lagos road and the Benin-Auchi roads at about 9 am.

This came as the state Police Commissioner, Funso Adebanjo paraded 42 suspects, including robbers and other criminals among who was one 32-year-old Augustine Obodeke who impregnated his 19-year-old daughter.

One Zenab Agbontine who allegedly axed her husband to death was also paraded.

The command also warned members of the public to resist the temptation to use fireworks popularly known as knock-out this yuletide, warning that there “will be continuous manhunt for both buyers and sellers of any form of fireworks.”

While parading the suspects, the CP said: “This morning, there were twins operation in the outskirts of Benin City. One was at Ogbemudia Farms, which is along the Benin-Lagos road, were about 20 robbers attacked passengers.

“My men moved in swiftly and there was exchange of fire. Three of the robbers were shot dead while one of my men was shot on the leg and is currently receiving treatment.

“Another set of robbers were also intercepted by my men along the Benin-Auchi road by-pass. One of them was shot dead while others escaped.

“From the confession of one of them, they were the ones that attacked our men who were from Osun State to Anambra for the governorship election along the by-pass.

“This is a warning that you cannot kill a policeman and go free. We got them and we will continue to go after the rest.”

Some of items recovered from them include five vehicles, seven cut to size guns, 13 ammunition and four live cartridges.

In her confession, Zenab, who allegedly killed her husband, said: “He stopped me from entering his room. I pleaded with him to forgive me because I had problems but he refused. It was when he slept that I entered the room with an axe and hit his head. I don’t know what entered into me.” Source