In compliance with the directives of the Commissioner of Police Delta State, CP Ari Muhammed Ali, on the need for officers and men of the command to sustain the tempo in curbing crime and stop-and-search operations, the command has arrested suspected kidnapper and rescued the victim.
According to the command’s spokesman, DSP Bright Edafe, “On August 19, 2022, at around 8.15. p.m, Police operatives attached to Dragon 26 and Dragon 29 while on intensive stop and search duty along Warri/Sapele road, intercepted a Volkswagen Jetta commercial vehicle with reg. no. PTN 242 TA, conveying some passengers from Sapele to Warri.
“The team subjected the passengers to a search, during which one locally made cut-to-size gun loaded with two live Cartridges were recovered from one Aaron Uko aged 22years of Sapele. Suspect concealed the gun in his body close to his private part. Preliminary investigation revealed that he bought the gun in the year 2018 from a man nicknamed “OSE” for twenty-seven thousand naira(#27,000) and buried it in his house before leaving for Ghana. He was arrested and taken into custody, the exhibit recovered, and investigation is ongoing.
“In another development, on on August 17, 2022 at around 1.45p.m, Policemen attached to Eagle-Net patrol team while on visibility and confidence building patrol along Effurun roundabout, Warri, saw a large crowd beating two boys. The Police rushed to the scene and rescued the boys from the mob.
“On the spot inquiry, it was discovered that they were suspected kidnappers. A woman also accused the boys of kidnapping her 17-year-old son earlier that day. The two suspects, Oti Shevire aged 32years and Amos (surname unknown), upon interrogation, confessed to the crime and led the Policemen to their hideout, where the victim was rescued, and is currently receiving treatment. Suspects are in custody and investigation is ongoing.
“The CP wishes to use this medium to disabuse the minds of residents in the State from jungle justice, as no one has the right to take laws into his or her hands, as anyone found culpable will face the full wrath of the law. The CP assures Deltans that the Command is determined to reduce crime to the barest level in the State. He adjured residents to trust the process and believe in the Command as criminal arrested will go unpunished.”
