Following the unfortunate kidnapping incident that occurred on the 22nd of February, 2025, where five members of Elyon Paradise Ministry, Ogwashi-uku, were kidnapped while attending a night vigil service at the church.
On 25th February 2025, operatives of the Special Anti-Kidnapping and Cybercrime Squad embarked on a sting operation alongside members of the Ubuluku community vigilante and other concerned indigenes of the Ubuluku community.
They stormed the Ubuluku forest where the victims were being held hostage. The kidnappers, on sighting the Police, took to their heels, abandoning the victims.
All five of the Kidnapped members of the Elyon Paradise ministry were rescued unhurt and reunited with their families.
The exhibit recovered includes thirteen rounds of expended cartridges, a bag containing the sum of N1,300,000 suspected to be ransom money. The manhunt for the fleeing suspects is ongoing.
Again, acting on an intelligence-led investigation carried out on the arrest of some suspected kidnappers on the 30th of January 2025, who have been terrorising Abraka/Obiaruku/Umutu, operatives of the CP Special Assignment team (CP-SAT) stormed the hideout of these hoodlums led by one Emeka (surname unknown) on the 2nd of February 2025, at about 4: 35pm, located at Evwokenren layout off Ughelli road, Agbarho in Ughelli North LGA, Delta State.
During the raid, a fabricated Semi-Automatic Beretta Pistol with four rounds of live ammunition, four locally made cut-to-size guns, 13 rounds of live cartridges, and a pair of military uniforms concealed in a black polythene bag were recovered.
Similarly, on the 17th of January 2025, acting on a tip-off, the DPO Agbarho Division mobilised and led operatives to the apartment of one Eriga Enyuche, 40, and upon search of his one-room apartment, one G-3 Rifle, one pump action gun were recovered hidden in the ceiling of the room. The investigation is ongoing.”
