The Delta State Police Command has eliminated four suspected kidnappers and recovered an AK-47 rifle along the railway line in Agbarho region of the state.
SP Bright Edafe, the state police spokesperson, confirmed this in a statement issued Monday in Asaba, Delta State’s capital.
“Operatives of the CP Special Assignment team who had earlier arrested one suspect when he was seeking to buy AK 47 rifle ammunition on March 9, 2025.
“The suspect during interrogation revealed the location where the rifle was hidden. The operatives stormed the bush along the railway line in Agbarho, where the gang members upon sighting the police engaged the team in a fierce gun duel, during which four suspected kidnappers sustained serious gunshot injuries.
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“The injured suspects were taken to the general hospital Ughelli for treatment but were later confirmed dead by the doctor. and their corpses have been deposited at the hospital morgue while the effort to trail and arrest the fleeing hoodlums is ongoing,” he said.
Edafe stated that items recovered included one AK-47 and one magazine.
In a separate incident, the police spokesman disclosed the arrest of a suspected kidnapper, Abdulahi Isah, for abducting a woman in Ibusa.
He stated that an Ibusa indigene (name withheld) reported to the Ibusa Police Station that his friend’s wife was kidnapped on March 7, 2025. A ransom was paid, and he was the one who delivered the money along with food items to the kidnappers.
“Acting on useful information provided by the said man, the DPO Ibusa Police Station swiftly mobilised the patrol team of the Ibusa division alongside vigilantes and stormed the bush where the suspect Abdulahi Isah was arrested. The suspect is in custody, and the investigation is ongoing,” he added.
He stated that the Delta State Commissioner of Police, CP Olufemi Abaniwonda, highlighted the command’s proactiveness and public cooperation as key factors in steadily reducing crime in the state.
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