Police freed Kidnap Victim, Arrests Suspects and Seized Guns

Delta State Police Command has demonstrated another strategic achievement by rescuing a kidnap victim, the spokesman for the command, DSP Bright Edafe in a statement, disclosed that

On Monday, February 21, 2022 at about 8:25 pm, a distress call was received from an unidentified person from Otu-Jeremi Community in Ughelli South LGA, that some hoodlums stormed the Community and kidnapped a young man along with his Toyota Corolla car.

DELTA STATE POLICE COMMAND RESCUES KIDNAPPED VICTIM, ARREST SUSPECTED KIDNAPPER AND RECOVERS TWO CUT TO SIZE GUNS

The DPO Otu-Jeremi Division swiftly detailed patrol teams to go on their trail, but before their arrival, policemen attached to Counter-Terrorism Unit, Base 5 Warri, who were escorting their principal, coincidentally ran into the hoodlums. They trailed the hoodlums to Ekrokpe Community. The hoodlums, upon sighting the police, shot at them, and the team retaliated.

The vehicle was successfully demobilised by the team and one of the suspects, Onwuka Kelly, age 23 years, was arrested while the victim, (name withheld), age 37 years, of Egbo-Urhie Community of Ughelli South LGA, was rescued unhurt. The police recovered one (1) cut-to-size double barrel gun, one (1) cut-to-size single barrel gun, and one (1) live cartridge from the suspect. The investigation is ongoing.

ARREST OF NOTORIOUS TRICYCLE SNATCHERS/ RECOVERY OF SNATCHED TRICYCLE

Similarly, on Tuesday, February 22, 2022 at about 10:30 am, while acting on information and report from a tricycle (Keke) rider, two young men flagged him down at PTI junction Effurun and hired him to convey them to Agbarho.

The Tricycle rider further stated that on getting to Agbarho bridge along Ughelli-Portharcourt Expressway, one of the passengers hit him on the head, forced him out of the tricycle and robbed him of his tricycle.

The DPO Agbarho Division detailed operatives to investigate with a view to arresting the suspects and recovering the tricycle.

Consequently, on Wednesday, February 23, 2022 at about 12:00 noon, upon an intelligence led investigation, the hoodlums were trailed to their hideout in Eghwarha Road, Agbarho, where two (2) suspects, namely: Goodluck Ahirima “m”, age 24 years, and Charles Oyibocha “m,” age 24 years, were arrested and the snatched tricycle recovered. An investigation is ongoing.