The Delta State Police Command has arrested three men suspected to have been behind the kidnap of a family of four in the Okpe council area of the state with the mother of the two children killed in the process.
Spokesman of the Delta Police Command Bright Edafe paraded the suspects at the Command’s Headquarters in Asaba on Monday.
He confirmed that the suspects were responsible for the kidnappings around the council and have been at large since the abduction of the family of four.
“Following the kidnap of a man and his wife (name withheld) on 2nd August 2023, in Orerokpe the wife was murdered by the kidnappers, while the man was also shot after they collected a ransom. They abandoned the victim thinking he was dead. The Command has been working tirelessly to ensure that the culprits are arrested and brought to book,” he said in a statement on his X (Twitter handle).
“Acting on technically generated information, on 13th October 2023, the DPO Orerokpe acting on the directive of CP Wale Abass embarked on a covert operation at Ofuoma in Ughelli North LGA and arrested three suspects who masterminded the kidnap and recovered Four AK-47 rifles, one, pump-action gun, one locally made single barrel cut-to-size pistol, 58 rounds of 7.62 live ammunitions, thirteen live cartridges, five packs of Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), six detonators, eight empty magazines. Their names are James Aboyo, Solomon Gbolode, and Blessing Deco. An investigation is ongoing.”
He reaffirmed the commitment of the command to stamp all forms of criminalities
