Bright Edafe
17 Jan
Delta State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a 23-year-old man, identified only as Success, for allegedly fatally stabbing his father with a machete in Amukpe community, Sapele Local Council.
15 Oct
The Delta State Police Command has confirmed the killing of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) attached to Agharho Police Station by suspected kidnappers in Ughelli North Local Council.
7 Oct
Operatives of the Delta State Police Command yesterday stormed a suspected kidnappers’ hideout in Agbarho town, Ughelli, killing three suspects in the process.
18 Sep
The Crack Squad attached to the Police Area Command in Ughelli South Local Council of Delta State has arrested five suspected kidnappers. The command's spokesperson, Bright Edafe, who confirmed the arrest to The Guardian yesterday in Asaba..
11 Sep
A man suspected to be mentally unstable reportedly killed his mother with an axe, set her body on fire and made away with her car. This was disclosed by spokesperson for the Delta State Police Command, Bright Odafe, in a post on his X handle on Wednesday. Edafe, who did not give the name of…
4 Sep
Delta State Police have launched a search for the gunmen who attempted to kidnap Mrs Christy Uroye, the wife of a state lawmaker. The attack resulted in the death of two police officers and Mrs Uroye’s driver.
19 Aug
Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have thwarted a kidnap attempt by a syndicate of kidnappers in Oghara Kingdom, in the Ethiope West Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, after engaging the suspects in a gun battle. In a statement signed on Monday, the police spokesperson in the state, SP Bright Edafe, said…
15 Aug
The special squad of the Delta State Police Command has arrested three suspected kidnappers for the alleged abduction of a 29-year-old man in Sapele town. The Guardian learnt that the victim, who hails from the Kokori community in Ethiope East Local Council, was abducted on February 17, 2024, by a five-man armed kidnapping syndicate. Confirming…
12 Aug
Delta State Police Command has confirmed the release of the kidnapped former Commissioner for Technical Education, Joan Onyemachi Mrakpor, putting to rest speculations about her fate. Mrakpor (aka Ada Anioma), was reportedly kidnapped by unknown gunmen last Tuesday at about 4:30 p.m. inside the hall of King Jesus and I Church located on Ogajifo Street,…
10 Aug
Delta State Police command has confirmed the release of the kidnapped former commissioner for Technical Education,Joan Onyemachi Mrakpor, putting to rest speculations about her fate. Mrakpor, aka Ada Anioma, was reportedly kidnapped by unknown gunmen last Tuesday at about 4:30 pm inside the hall of king Jesus and I church located on Ogajifo street off…
2 Aug
The Delta State Police Command on Friday denied rumours that a former member of the House of Representatives, Joan Onyemaechi, who was kidnapped on Tuesday was murdered by her abductors. The former lawmaker and commissioner, popularly known as Ada Anioma, who represented Aniocha/Oshimili Federal constituency in the House of Representatives, was kidnapped in Asaba, the…
13 Jun 2024
A man in Delta State has narrated how he conspired with his nephew to fake the kidnap of the latter, extorting the sum of N5 million from the ‘victim’s’ father as ransom payment. The two boys, in a video posted on Thursday by the Delta State police spokesman, SP Bright Edafe, said one of them…
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