……. Recovers Four Locally Made Cut-To Size Gun
Emmanuel lkpeama
The Delta State Police Command has arrested 8 Suspected Armed Robbers that has been terrorizing residents in Bonsaac,Okwe and other areas in the metropolis of Delta state.
The suspects who were paraded by the Commissioner of Police,CP Abaniwonda Olufemi at the force headquarters stated that with the recent complaints of house to house robbery in the area,the division deployed a new DPO,CSP Edewor Akponegware with a clear mandate to identify and arrest those responsible.
CP Abaniwonda went further to state that with credible information from a concerned resident (name withheld),the command swing into action and arrested 8 Suspected Armed Robbers namely John Dalami 25yrs, Musa Suleiman 25yrs, Abdullahi Jibril 20yrs, Solomon Uchechukwu 24yrs, Yusuf Joda 21yrs, Egboka Chukwu Charles 21yrs and Wisdom Syvester 21yrs and the following items were recovered, a bako bag containing a Locally Made Cut to Size Gun, one Live Cartridge.
He noted that the suspects have been involved in a series of house-to-house armed robbery operations at Issele-Asagba, Coka, and Ibusa, noting that the case has been transferred to the special Anti-Kidnapping and Cybercrime squad for further investigation.
Acting on the confessions of the suspects, they led the operatives to their hideout at the back of DDPA estate Asaba where six additional suspects were arrested and three locally made cut-to-size guns were recovered. Investigation is ongoing
In another development,a 400 level student of the Department of Banking & Finance, Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka, Nelson Eserada, has been arrested along with a friend Jerry Lawrence of Jeddo Community,Warri for an alledged kidnap in order to extort the sum of N50 million from his father as ransom.
According to the Police Public Relation Officer,SP Edafe Bright,the father of Nelson Eserada lodge a complaint that his son had been kidnapped and that the kidnappers were demanding the sum of N50million in Bitcoin and that the suspect had already extorted N5.2 million from him.
The release went on to say that the suspect also sent a video of the supposed victim tied and being tortured,immediately the DPO Abraka SP Fabian Ayameh swiftly moved into action, embarked on a technical intelligence-led investigation and on 10 June,2024 at about 8:00 and Jerry Lawrence of Jeddo Community Warri was arrested in connection with the crime.The suspects are in custody and investigation is ongoing.
CP Abaniwonda urged parents to train and take care of their children., he noted that children when not raised properly may grow up and become problems to their parents. He also urged youths to stay away from the get-rich-quick syndrome, noting that crime does not pay.
