By Prince Uzoigwe
The Delta State Police Command declares war on kidnappers terrorizing Warri, Ughelli and environs.
The Command has reportedly shot dead a suspected kidnapper and arrested five others in Warri, Delta State.
A press statement released on Thursday May 4, on their official twitter handle and signed by the Spokesperson for the Command, Bright Edafe, confirming the situation, stated that tactical commanders attached to the Command shot the kidnapper.
The statement reads;
“On 3/5/2023, the Deputy Commissioner of police operations DCP Johnson Adenola, had a brainstorming meeting with key officers in the Command where strategies were mapped out to nip the activities of kidnappers in the bud.
Tactical commanders were directed to proceed to Ughelli and Warri alongside their men to reinforce the divisions. This effort paid off when the DPO ‘B’ Division Warri, SP Bolarinwa Alabi on 4/5/2023 at about 0013hours, received a distress call that some armed robbers snatched a black lexus car along Warri-Sapele road and have been robbing innocent citizens using the said car.
The DPO swiftly mobilized and led a striking force team of the Division, trailed the hoodlums, and caught up with them.
The hoodlums upon sighting the police exchanged firing with team. The hoodlums, numbering about four, escaped into the bush while firing at the police but one of them was hit and fatally wounded.
The injured suspect gave up the ghost while receiving treatment. One locally made cut-to-size double barrel gun with two live cartridges, one suspected stolen vehicle with reg. no PYN 595 PW were recovered.”
Other activities of the Police Command
The Police Command also confirmed the interception of a 36-year-old Odogun Ifeanyi and one other suspect on May 1, 2023, at about 2200 hours, along Ughelli/Asaba road.
“When search was conducted on them, by the DPO Ughelli division who led police operatives, one locally made single barrel gun with four live ammunition, and one jack-knife were recovered.
On the same date, the DPO and his men also arrested one Ediri Omote ‘m’, 45, and two others, and one locally made single barrel gun with nine expended cartridges were recovered from them.
The DCP operations had assured Deltans that the Command will leave no stone unturned in the fight against crime and criminality but solicited information from the public to assist the police carry out it onerous task of eliminating crimes in the state,” the statement added.
