BY GABRIEL  ENOGHOLASE

BENIN—THE Police officer in charge of Anti-Robbery Squad, Okhoro Police Divisional Station, in Benin metropolis, Edo State, Mr. Yakubu Dikko, has been shot dead by gunmen on Wednesday night.

Dikko, 33, was reportedly attacked by the gunmen, while returning home in the neigbouring community of Ugbowo in Benin City.

He was said to have been trailed by his killers to his residence, where he was murdered.

Similarly, a female thrift collector and a tricycle operator were at separate locations in Benin, shot dead by suspected gunmen, yesterday.

The thrift collector was said to have been killed at a popular business district in the state capital and an undisclosed amount removed from her bag.

The tricycle operator, identified as Kingsley James, 33, was said to have been killed at his residence in Uwelu community.

The hoodlums were said to have burgled his two-room apartment and dragged him out of his bedroom before shooting him.