The Delta State Commissioner of Police. CP Abaniwonda Olufemi has urged members of the public to exercise patience when interfacing with the police, especially during stop and search.
He stated this in a press statement issued in Asaba the Delta State Capital
Police commissioner who spoke through the state command Police Public Relation Officer Bright Edafe said the stop and search by police was to ensure the safety and security of all.
He also stated that the Delta State command arrested a 28 year-old suspected Cultist and two others who were members of Eiye confraternity
The command’s spokesman Bright Edafe who confirmed the arrest Sunday, 12 of May at about 0430hrs, said the special team deployed to Ughelli by the commissioner of Police, CP Abaniwonda Olufemi led by ASP Julius Robinson acted intelligence information and stormed Oghara town were they arrested the suspect.
The suspect there after led the operatives to a hotel in koko Junction Oghara where another suspect aged 46yrs and a member of Eiye confraternity was arrested with an automatic Pump Action. discovered
Further interrogation led the operatives to arrest another 32 yrs old suspect in Sapele, the Police discovered another AK-47 rifle with and an empty magazine.
The Police upon investigation revealed that the suspects were linked to a series of kidnappings in Ughelli, Warri, Sapele, and the environs.
The Police special squad assigned to Ughellli, on May 9, 2024 at about 2205 hrs, chased a notorious cultist/gun runner named Okobe Ability ‘m’, to Oleh town in Isoko North LGA of Delta State, but the suspect upon sighting the police operatives dropped a black polythene bag and escaped.
(News Tribe Communication)
