Police foil kidnap attempt, rescue victim, recover vehicle, ammunition in Delta

By Sunday Onye, senior correspondent

The police command in Delta State has foiled a kidnapped attempt, rescued the victim, and recovered a stolen vehicle and twenty (20) rounds of 7.62 AK-47 live ammunition on Friday.

This was revealed in a statement by the command’s spokesman, DSP Bright Edafe on Friday.

According to the command,s spokesman, “On 17/8/2023 at about 2035 hours, the DPO Oghara police station received information from members of the community that some persons suspected to be kidnappers were sighted in a white Benz GLK with reg. No ABC-448-HC around the Ogharake community. The DPO Oghara swiftly mobilized and led a team of the Command’s Anti-cult unit alongside the divisional patrol team to the area with the support of community youth and local vigilantes.

“The team embarked on a serious patrol of the area until about 2150 hours when the policemen sighted the said vehicle and on getting closer to the vehicle, the hoodlums abandoned the car and escaped into the bush. Upon search of the vehicle, the kidnapped victim was rescued and twenty (20) rounds of 7.62 AK-47 live ammunition were recovered. Investigation revealed that the victim was kidnapped in Sapele at the entrance of his apartment on the same date at about 1900 hours. The victim has since been reunited with his family while a manhunt for the fleeing suspects is ongoing.”

The Commissioner of Police CP Wale Abass while commending the efforts of the DPO and his men, also assured members of the public that the command would continue to embark on a more proactive and intelligence-led operation to completely flush out criminal elements in the state.

Abbas appealed to members of the public to assist the Police by providing useful, timely, and credible information that will aid in crime fighting while providing “CONTROL ROOM NUMBERS:

1. 08036684974
2. 08125958005
3. 09053872287″.