By Augustine Ehikioya
For engaging the Police in gun duel in Jesse axis of Delta State, four suspected kidnappers have been killed during the encounter.
The kidnappers, who were said to have opened fire on sighting the Police vehicles, were reported to normally lay wait in the bush to attack and kidnap unsuspecting motorists in the area.
A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Delta State Command, DSP. Edafe Bright has revealed this. It was made available to Security Watch Africa (SWA).
It said “Due to the reported incidences of kidnappings along Jesse axis of the State. On 12th September, 2023, the State Commissioner of Police, CP. Wale Abass PSC, directed the deployment of operatives of the Special Anti-Kidnapping and Cyber Crime Squad {SAKCCS} and DOPS Bufallo team among others to the area.
“On 18th September, 2023, during a joint patrol along Jesse – Igueleba in Edo State, the team encountered a gang of armed bandits who laid wait in the bush to attack and kidnap unsuspecting motorists.
“The hoodlums who apparently sighted the Police team, fired at the front tyre of the lead pickup van, thus demobilizing the vehicle. They were swiftly engaged in a gun duel by members of the Police team.”
The armed men, the statement said, eventually succumbed to the superior firepower of the Policemen “who pursued them into the deep forest during which four {04} suspected kidnappers were fatally wounded.”
“One AK47 rifle with twenty-five {25} rounds of live ammunition were recovered. The wounded suspects were taken to the hospital for treatment where they were later certified dead.”
The statement said that the Commissioner of Police, CP Wale Abass while applauding the gallantry of the men admonished them to do more and sustain the tempo in the fight against kidnapping and other vices.
He also appealed to members of the public to provide the Command with credible information that would help the Police in this fight.
The statement also released the following Dedicated Lines: 08036684974; 08125958005; 09053872287 (CONTROL ROOM) and 09155570007; 09155570008 (PPRO OFFICE)
