Police Engages DareDevil Kidnappers, Kill One, Rescued Thirteen Kidnapped Victims And Recover One AK47 Rifle

Yesterday, Sunday, March 3, 2022, at about 0840 hours, information got to the command that a gang of daredevil kidnappers intercepted a fourteen-seater bus with reg no M831-FJK along Aniagbala Community via Ubulu-uku express road in Aniocha South LGA, conveying sixteen occupants, kidnapped thirteen of the passengers, and taken to the bush. 

In a statement to ngrdesk.com, the Delta State Commissioner of Police CP Ari Muhammed Ali directed the DPO Ogwashi-Uku Division to lead men into the bush and ensure that the victims are rescued unhurt and also arrest the suspects. The DPO, CSP Mohammed Naallah swiftly led a combined team of Police operatives and Vigilantes into the bush and gave the hoodlums a hot chase which led to exchange of Gunfire. 

One of the suspects was hit and died on the spot, while the other members of the gang escaped with bullet injuries. All thirteen kidnapped victims were rescued alive and unhurt, and one AK47 rifle was recovered. The bush is still being combed with a view to arresting the other fleeing members of the gang. This was contained in a press statement from the spokesman for the Delta State Police Command, DSP Bright Edafe.

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