Kidnappers escape with gun wounds as police rescue victims in Delta

A quick action by the Delta State Police Command has saved one male and a female victim from kidnappers in the Asaba area of the state.

The police said it acted on a distress call from the command’s control room over the kidnap incident that happened along DLA Road in Asaba, where four armed hoodlums operating in a Toyota Camry 2.4 Model Reg. No. Enugu BLF 490 AA kidnapped the victims.

The hoodlums also snatched a Toyota Camry vehicle belonging to a woman.

The Delta State Commissioner of Police, Olufemi Abaniwonda, upon receipt of this information on November 27, 2024, at about 9:45 pm directed the Command’s Special Anti-Kidnapping and Cyber Crime Squad to ensure that the hoodlums were arrested and victims rescued.

According to the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Delta State Command, Edafe Bright, a commander, and Labe Joseph led operatives from the unit and embarked on an intelligence-led operation, trailed the suspected kidnappers to Ezenei by Asaba/Benin Motorway.

He added that the hoodlums upon sighting the police team closing in on them, zoomed off and diverted to Oko Market Road in a bid to escape. Still, the team courageously chased after the hoodlums forcing them to jump out of their vehicles and flee into the nearby bush with bullet injuries abandoning the cars.

“Upon search of their operational vehicle, one AK-47 rifle with a defaced breach number, two pump action guns, one magazine, eight rounds of AR live ammunition, 21 rounds of live cartridges concealed under the suspects’ engine compartment were recovered, exhibits in custody while the investigation in progress.”

The CP assured residents that the police would go after the fleeing suspects and ensure they are prosecuted.