In many operations throughout the week, the Delta State Police Command have arrested armed robbers who were terrorising several areas of the state.
Moreover, the Command declared that it had found several weapons that the suspects had been using to carry out their illicit acts.
The Public Relations Officer for the Command, SP Bright Edafe, delivered a statement to Swift Reporters on Friday that included information about the arrest and recovery.
The PPRO said that on Wednesday, the Command’s Special Squad attacked their camp in Sapele and arrested suspects while seizing weapons and ammunition. The squad was acting on credible intelligence regarding suspected miscreants who had been terrorising the people of Ughelli, Warri, and Sapele.
The statement further read, “The team led by ASP Julius Robinson stormed Sapele town on the said date and effected the arrest of one Blessing Atima aged 23 (the gang leader), Destiny Okpako, 19, and Wisdom Akpohiro, 20.
“The following exhibits were recovered from them; one Beretta pistol, one locally cut-to-size gun, three cutlasses, phones and ATM cards belonging to victims. Some of their victims have identified the suspects and their valuables recovered from them.
“On 3/05/2024, RRS Operatives, while acting on credible information that some suspected robbers were sighted in an uncompleted building along Issele-Asagba Express Way. The operatives stormed the uncompleted building and arrested one Usman Bello, 40, and one locally made fabricated Beretta Pistol recovered from him. The suspect who pretended to be a mentally unstable person is in custody
“On 04/06/2024, the Area Commander, Asaba, acting on intelligence report on the activities of some suspects who come from across the Niger to Asaba at night, break into and loot the shops of their targeted victims, the Area commander immediately deployed undercover operatives who embarked on a discreet operation which eventually paid off when the duo of one Ameachi Micheal, 42, and Ogochukwu Ogbode, 38.”
The statement noted that the arrested suspects are in custody and investigations are still ongoing.
