…. Recovers one AK 47 Rifle and twenty-five rounds of 7.62Mm live ammunition, two locally made cut-to-size guns, and cartridges
Delta State Police operatives of the Special Anti-Kidnapping and Cyber Crime Squad {SAKCCS} and DOPS Buffalo team on Monday, 18th September 2023 during a joint patrol along Jesse – Igueleba in Edo State, encountered a gang of armed bandits who laid wait in the bush to attack and kidnap unsuspecting motorists.
A statement on Wednesday, 20th September 2023 signed by the Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP. Edafe Bright said that the hoodlums who 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.
Edafe further said that the armed men eventually succumbed to the superior firepower of the policemen who pursued them into the deep forest during which four suspected kidnappers were fatally wounded. One AK47 rifle with twenty-five rounds of live ammunition was recovered.
He said the wounded suspects were taken to the hospital for treatment where they were later certified dead.
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.
Recall that 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.
