The Delta State Police Command has recorded another breakthrough in its fight against crime with the arrest of a suspected cultist and armed robbers in separate operations, leading to the recovery of firearms and ammunition.
According to a press release signed by the Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Edafe Bright, acting on credible intelligence, operatives of the CP Special Assignment Team (CP-SAT) on September 10, 2025, trailed and arrested one Oluwatobi Olugbemi, 29, a native of Ikenne-Remo in Ogun State but resident in Ibusa, Delta State. A search warrant executed at his residence led to the recovery of a Beretta pistol loaded with one round of ammunition. The suspect confessed to being a member of the Supreme Vikings Confraternity, also known as “Arrow Barger.”
In a related development, operatives of Safe Delta arrested suspected armed robbers in two separate incidents. On September 9, 2025, during a surveillance patrol along DBS Road, operatives intercepted a group of young men engaged in a fight. One of the suspects, identified as Raphael Chukwuemeka, 23, was arrested with a cut-to-size double-barrel pistol and seven live cartridges.
Similarly, on September 10, 2025, at about 10:30 a.m., Safe Delta operatives on stop-and-search duty at Head Bridge, Asaba, arrested three suspects—22-year-old Solomon Offor, 19-year-old Ifesinachi Nwankeze, and 23-year-old Ambrose Ugwuba. A locally made single-barrel cut-to-size gun, cartridges, and a dagger concealed in a bag were recovered from them.
All suspects are currently in custody as investigations continue. The Commissioner of Police, Delta State Command, CP Olufemi Abaniwonda, reaffirmed the Command’s commitment to tackling cultism, armed robbery, and other criminal activities across the state.
