It was gathered that the armed robbers had ordered for smartphones from an unnamed company and had waited at their hideout for the firm to send the items across through a courier.
The FORUM learnt that the dispatch rider, who had gone to
deliver the items on Saturday, was unmindful of the fact that the receivers of
the goods were armed robbers.
A source told our correspondent that on getting to his
destination, the yet to be identified dispatcher rider was thoroughly beaten
and killed with a gun.
It was learnt that the body of the courier was thrown into a
soak-away pit.
Confirming the incident in a telephone interview, the State
Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Nnamdi Omoni, said a group of policemen,
who were on patrol arrested three hoodlums, including a girlfriend to one of
them.
"I can confirm the incident. What happened was that these
armed robbers ordered for smartphones from a certain courier company in Rivers
State.
"Then the company sent the phones through a dispatch rider.
On getting there, the hoodlums beat up the dispatch rider and later shot him
and he died inside their flat.
"After killing him, they (hoodlums) took the corpse to a
place, opened a soak-away pit and threw the victim's body inside there. Our
men, who were on patrol and acting on credible intelligence, arrested two of
them and they showed us where they hid the corpse.
"The incident happened on Saturday on Location Road in Ada
George, Port Harcourt. Three persons were arrested, including a girlfriend to
one of the suspected armed robbers," he stated.
Omoni,
however, said that investigation was ongoing with a view to arresting other
members of the armed robbery gang.
