Delta State Assistant Commissioner of Police shot twice at close range by hired assassins

Gunmen suspected to be hired assassins about 8pm on Sunday attacked and shot twice at close range an Assistant Commissioner of Police and Commander, Ughelli Area Police Command, ACP Usman Ndanbabo, leaving him critical ill at an undisclosed hospital in Warri.
One sources said, “He (Ndanbabo) was returning home from an outing at about 8pm in his Nissan SUV when he noticed that a Toyota car had been trailing him.

“He tried fleeing from his car when he got to the roundabout opposite the palace of the Ovie of Ughelli along Isoko Road, only for his assailants to open fire on him, shooting him on the back and his stomach and left him for dead.”

The State Police Commissioner, CP Zanna Ibrahim, who commented on the incident a medi house late Monday evening said, “I’m just leaving the hospital in Warri. He has been stabilised and it is not a life-threatening incident.

“Nobody has been arrested in connection with the attack. We are waiting until he recovers to give us hint. He was driving alone when the gunmen struck.

“The public should be more vigilant because it is very funny that someone will be shot in the heart of the town and the attackers escaped at about 8am. It was a busy hour and people were over everywhere.”