The Delta State Police Command said that, on 05/09/24 at 1330hrs anti-crime patrol team of Aboh Division while on stop and search duty in Aboh Town intercepted one motorcycle conveying two occupants carrying a bag. The occupants were subjected to a routine search, while the search was going on, one of them took to his heels and escaped.
According to a press release made available to journalists by the police public relations officer, Mr. Bright Edafe (SP), in Asaba, the Delta State capital, 930 rounds of 7.62mm live ammunition were recovered in the bag. The other suspect, Anthony Godday, was immediately arrested while investigation is ongoing.
The press release went further that, on 12/09/2024 at about 0130hrs, Crack Squad attached to Area Command Ughelli acting on a tip off, stormed a brothel cum criminal hideout in Ewu Town Ughelli South Local Government Area and arrested five suspects namely: Dominic Uweru “m” Alias Ovwolo 48yrs; Isaac Oghenerukevwe ‘m’ Alias Plug 34yrs; Oviri Godstime “m” 25yrs; Junior Sunday ‘m’ and Efedeki Adjovo ‘m’, with one single barrel gun, three locally made cut-to-size gun, cash sum of N450,000.00; one Moniepoint PoS machine, one OPAY PoS machine, and wraps of weeds suspected to be Indian hemp.
They confessed to various armed robbery/kidnapping operations in Ughelli and environs, including the kidnap of a 70-year-old woman (name withheld) who they kidnapped on 08/09/2024 and collected the sum of N7.900 million ransom on 10/9/2024 before her release. The suspects are in custody and the investigation is ongoing.
In the same vein, acting on credible information, operatives of Agbarho Police Station stormed the house of one Ovoke Enaike m’ age 43yrs, an indigene of Ovierie Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State but resides in Ehwerhe Village Agbarho. During the search of his Daylong motorcycle with Reg. NO: DTS XLEH 13 WL, a nylon bag containing the following – one locally fabricated gun, one live cartridge and 38 rounds of AK47 rifle ammunition hidden under the motorcycle seat was recovered.
The suspect is in Agbarho Police custody; efforts are on to arrest the remaining gang members and recover more arms.
In another development, on 09/09/2024 at about 1745hrs on credible intelligence, the commander CP monitoring, SP Inyere Elias Chinedu unit led operatives to KM9 Asaba/Benin Expressway where two male suspects namely: Olisa Emenoha ‘m’ aged 26yrs of Ifete Awka, and Iteke Uchenna Wilson ‘m’ aged 26yrs of Road 21 Ngozika Estate Awka, both from Anambra State, were arrested in possession of Toyota Corolla with REG NO: AWK 597 ND and Toyota Camry with REG NO: GDD 149 MA, suspected to be stolen and they were about to dispose off the vehicles.
Preliminary investigation revealed that they are serial car snatchers and one of the vehicles was snatched at a gunpoint in Akwa Ibom State. Investigation is still ongoing.
