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Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have thwarted a kidnap attempt by a syndicate of kidnappers in Oghara Kingdom, in the Ethiope West Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, after engaging the suspects in a gun battle.
In a statement signed on Monday, the police spokesperson in the state, SP Bright Edafe, said that on August 13, 2024, while students of Delta State Polytechnic, Oghara, were celebrating their graduation ceremony, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Oghara Division, Olasunkanmi Musiliu, received information that some suspected kidnappers were planning to abduct guests at the ceremony.
Acting on the information received, the DPO mobilised and led operatives of the Police Division to the suspected kidnappers’ hideouts in a bush along Otefe/Ovade Legit Road.
Upon sighting the police, the suspects fled, sustaining various degrees of gunshot injuries during the exchange of gunfire with the police.
The police team recovered from the suspects one AK-47 rifle, one magazine, one English pump-action gun, and one locally made cut-to-size gun.
The police statement disclosed that a manhunt for the fleeing suspects is ongoing.
Also, on August 14, 2024, the police anti-crime patrol team of Oghara Division, while conducting a stop and search along Otefe Ijomi Community Road, intercepted a motorcycle carrying two persons.
The first person is Ovoke Benedict, aged 22 years, a Computer Science student at Delta State Polytechnic, Otefe, Oghara, who is a native of Ughelli North LGA, and the second is Fredrick Urhoborume, aged 23 years, a student of Business Administration at Delta State Polytechnic, Otefe, Oghara, also from Ughelli North LGA.
The policemen searched the two individuals, during which one locally made cut-to-size gun with six live cartridges was recovered from them.
According to Edafe, preliminary investigations revealed that the duo are suspected members of the Arrow Barger Confraternity. The investigation into the matter is ongoing.
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