Delta police nab three suspected kidnappers
[FILES] Police.<br />Photo/FACEBOOKTHENIGERIAPOLICE
NSCDC parades two suspects for alleged impersonation
The Police in Delta State has arrested three armed kidnap suspects at different locations in Sapele and Warri, respectively.
The Command’s spokesperson, Bright Edafe, who confirmed the arrest, gave the names of the suspects as Oti Shevire ‘m’, 32; Amos (surname unknown) and Aaron Uko, 22.
Edafe explained that Aaron Uko was arrested on August 17 at about 1345hours, by policemen attached to the Eagle-Net patrol team while on visibility and confidence-building patrol along Effurun roundabout, Warri.
According to him, the police saw a large crowd beating two boys, then rushed to the scene and rescued the boys from the mob.
He said when the suspects were interrogated on the spot, it was discovered that they were suspected kidnappers accused by a woman of kidnapping her 17-year- old son earlier the same day.
According to him, the two suspects, Oti Shevire and Amos, upon interrogation, confessed to the crime and led the police to their hideout, where the victim was rescued.
Also, Edafe said on August 19, at about 0815hours, Police operatives attached to Dragon 26 and Dragon 29, while on intensive stop and search duty along Warri/Sapele road, intercepted a Volkswagen Jetta commercial vehicle marked: PTN 242 TA, conveying some passengers from Sapele to Warri.
“The team subjected the passengers to a search, during which one locally made cut-to-size gun loaded with two live cartridges was recovered from one Aaron Uko, 22 of Sapele.
“The suspect concealed the gun in his body close to his private part, and through preliminary investigation, it was discovered that he bought the gun in 2018 from a man nicknamed “OSE” for N27,000 and buried it in his house before leaving for Ghana. He was arrested and taken into custody with the exhibit recovered,” he added.
MEANWHILE, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), in Asaba, Delta State, capital has paraded two suspects for alleged impersonation of its personnel with the intention to extort unsuspecting members of the public with dangerous weapons.
The NSCDC Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Emeka Okwechime, who paraded the suspects, said they were apprehended at an illegal checkpoint along Jedo road in Okpe Local council of Delta State in the process of extorting money from unsuspecting road users, particularly truck and tanker’s drivers.
They are Lucky Emofuoreta (m) 22 and Goodness Osorochukwu Francis, (m), 25.
According to him, the suspects were caught red-handed, fully kitted on uniforms similar to that of NSCDC regalia, at about 2300hrs on Friday midnight.
He stated that the suspects were found with one Honda Odyssey bus, gold colour, marked: KPR 113 SX, one handcuff, a pair of jungle boots, and two jack knives amongst other unlawful items.
The NSCDC spokesperson explained that following a series of complaints by members of the public regarding the issue of multiple checkpoints wrongly perceived to be men of the NSCDC, the State Commandant, Akinsanya Iskilu Abiodun, ordered the Intelligence and Investigation departments to deploy plain cloth officers on routine patrol and surveillance across the state to fish out the identities of those involved,
This move, he said, had led to the arrest of the two suspects following an intelligence tip-off from men of the NSCDC, and reiterated that the multiple checkpoints on the roads are not NSCDC officials.
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