Police nab 3 suspected cult gangsters, recover gun, cartridges in Delta

•As CP urges police officers for more commitment

The Police operatives attached to the Quick response squad (QRS) in Delta State Police Command during a stop-and-search duty along Pessu corner in Warri, on August 5, 2022, at about 1345HRS, intercepted a tricycle with three occupants and upon search of the occupants, one locally made cut-to-size gun and four live Cartridges were recovered from them.

The suspects are; Chukwuma Owoh ‘m’ aged 26years, Ediri Ogendengbe ‘m’ aged 32yrs, and Alfred Kess ‘m’ age 38yrs.

In a press statement by the State Police Command’s spokesman, DSP Bright Edafe said the suspects were immediately arrested by the Policemen, adding that one of the suspects, Chukwuma Owoh confessed that he bought the gun from one Haruna of Hausa quarter, Warri and that he was on his way to Pessu in search of some Aiye confraternity cult members that attacked his younger sister.

According to him, the suspects are currently in custody and an investigation is ongoing.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police Delta Police Command, CP Ari Muhammed Ali FCIA PSC+ while urging officers and men of the Command to sustain the tempo also admonished them to be polite and civil to members of the public while on duty as incivility to members of the public will not be tolerated under his watch.