… Also arrested suspected kidnapper, recovered four locally fabricated guns, N450,000 ransom
The Delta State Commissioner of Police, Olufemi Abaniwonda said the Command has arrested a suspect in possession of 930 rounds of 7.62mm AK-47 ammunition.
According to the CP, on the 5th of September 2024 at 1:30 pm, the Anti-crime patrol team of Aboh Division while on Stop and Search duty in Aboh town intercepted a motorcycle conveying two occupants carrying a bag.
Abaniwonda said: “The occupants were subjected to a routine search, while the search was going on, one of them took to his heels and escaped. Nine Hundred and Thirty Rounds of 7.62mm live ammunition were recovered in the bag. The other suspect Anthony Godday was immediately arrested. The investigation is ongoing.”
In another development, the Command arrested a suspected kidnapper and recovered four locally fabricated guns, N450,000 ransom.
The Police spokesman, Bright Edafe, who confirmed the arrest and recovery, explained that on the 12th of September 2024, at about 1:30 am, Crack Squad attached to Area Command Ughelli acting on a tip-off stormed a brothel cum criminal hideout in Ewu town Ughelli South LGA and arrested five suspects namely; Dominic Uweru “m” Alias Ovwolo 48, Isaac Oghenerukevwe ‘m’ Alias Plug 34, Oviri Godstime “m” 25y, Junior Sunday ‘m’ and Efedeki Adjovo ‘m’.
One single barrel gun, three locally made cut-to-size guns, a cash sum of N450,000.00 ransom, one Moniepoint POS machine, one OPAY POS machine and wraps of weeds suspected to be Indian hemp were recovered from them.
Edafe said: “They confessed to various armed robbery and kidnapping operations in Ughelli and environs, including the kidnap of a 70-year-old woman who they kidnapped on the 8th of September 2024 and collected the sum of N7,900,000 on the 10th of September before her release. The suspects are in custody and the investigation is ongoing.”
