The Delta State Police Command has neutralised one alleged kidnapper and detained three others who had suffered serious gunshot wounds in Ughelli, Warri.
The Delta police command announced this in a message shared on their Twitter page on Tuesday and signed by Bright Edafe, the command spokesperson.
The police spokesperson also revealed that its agents seized an AK-47 rifle, 18 rounds of 7.6 mm ammunition, a locally built double barrel gun, and a GLK Benz that was perhaps stolen.
The statement partly read, “Following reports of kidnapping and armed robbery operations in Ughelli, Warri and environs, the Deputy Commissioner of Police operations, DCP Johnson Adenola, mandated all divisional police officers in the Command to gather intelligence and ensure that this ugly trend is nipped in the bud.
“In compliance with this directive, on 30/04/2023 at about 13 00hrs, acting on information received via intelligence gathered on an armed robbery gang that snatched one AK47 rifle from a police officer and also allegedly kidnapped and murdered one Godspower Emmanuel ‘m’ after collecting four hundred thousand naira (#400,000) ransom was sited at a hotel in Agbarho, the DPO Ovwian Aladja division, CSP Aliyu Shaba mobilized and led detectives to the area in search of them.”
Other items recovered include, “One English double barrel gun, 11 Android phones, two botton phones, one long knife, one suspected stolen white coloured GLK Mercedes Benz with reg. no YAB 733 BK, two bottles of codeine, two wraps of weed suspected to be Indian hemp.”
The statement added that investigations were ongoing in the case.
