A suspected member of a four-man kidnap gang was on Sunday, June 11, 2023, brought down by operatives in Delta State Police Command, while another gang member sustained gunshot injuries during a gun duel.
The command’s spokesman, DSP Bright Edafe, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, June 12, said that at about 9:09pm, operatives of Abraka police station, led by the Divisional Police Officer, SP Fabian Ayameh, were on routine patrol along campus III Road, Abraka, in Ethiope East Local Government Area when they were alerted of a kidnap incident at a filling station in Abraka by a gang of four armed men operating in a silver colour Lexus SUV with registration number KSF 315 HF.
“The team swiftly mobilised and went on the trail of the kidnappers. The suspects, on noticing that the policemen were closing in on them, fired gunshots while trying to escape, and the police responded bravely.
“Due to the superior firepower of the police, their operational vehicle was successfully demobilized which made the hoodlums to abandon the victim, jumped out of the vehicle, took to their heels running in different directions while firing gunshots in a bid to escape.
“The combat-ready policemen engaged the hoodlums in a gun duel and successfully neutralized one of them, arrested one other with serious gunshot injuries while two others escaped.
“One AK-47 rifle with breech no 06571 without magazine was recovered.
“The victim, who was kidnapped at the filling station, has since been reunited with his family. Manhunt for the fleeing suspects is ongoing,” the PPRO stated.
He added that the Commissioner of Police, Delta State, Wale Abass, while commending the DPO, Abraka, and his men for their courage and achievement, admonished them to sustain the tempo.
He also assured Deltans that the command would continue to sustain peace and security in the state.
CP Abass also reiterated that the state would be made very hot for criminals until they quit or leave.
