Juliana Francis
The Delta State Police Command said it has arrested 10 suspected kidnappers and other criminals in the state.
The Police said that the arrests were through technical intelligence-led investigation. The Police also stated that the suspects have confessed, admitting their involvement in numerous kidnapping, and armed robbery operations.
One of the arrested suspects is 33 years old Umar Bello from Sokoto State, but residing in Warri, Delta State,
The Delta State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Bright Edafe said that the suspect usually buys the stolen phones and other valuables robbed from their victims.
He stated that a Toyota Corolla with registration number WWR 353 LS, a locally made cut-to-size single-barrel pistol, and 11 rounds of live cartridges, were recovered from the syndicate. Effort is on to arrest other fleeing suspects.
In another development, the command on the 15th of May 2023, at about 12:15 am, while police operatives of ‘B’ division Warri, led by the Divisional Police Officer (PPRO), a superintendent of Police, Bolarinwa Alabi, were on visibility and confidence building patrol along the Airport road, they sighted a tricycle with three male occupants, and in their usual way, flagged it down.
Edafe said: “But the rider on sighting the police maneuvered in a bid to escape. The operatives went after them until they eventually abandoned the tricycle and took to their heels. One of the suspects, named Nworie Emmanuel, 20, was arrested and taken to the police station.
“During interrogation, the suspect stated that he is a member of a three-man gang of armed robbers who uses tricycles to rob innocent people of their belongings along Airport Road Warri.
“He also confessed that they had robbed two persons on that day along Airport road that the phone robbed was with Abdul, one of their fleeing gang members, and that their modus operandi was to look out for their victims standing at a lonely road at night, and Abdul (currently at large) will jump down from the tricycle, use the knife to threaten their victim and rob them of their phones and other valuable. The tricycle, the knife they use to scare their victims are in custody alongside the suspect while effort is on to arrest the other fleeing members of the gang.”
Again, the command’s crack squad in another development on the 16th of May raided a criminal blackspot located around Osuani in Patani LGA and arrested Priscilla Amor, 35, and recovered 26 wraps of weed suspected to be Indian hemp, 19 wraps of substance suspected to be Methamphetamine, eight packets of razlers, some mobile phones and other exhibits.
