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  • Police confirm two Delta suspected robbers dead

    The Nigeria Police, Delta Command, says it has killed two suspected armed robbers operating around Ekette Waterside in Udu Local Government Area of the state.

    Acting Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Chuks Orisewezie, disclosed this on behalf of the Command in a statement made available to newsmen on Saturday in Warri.

    According to him, the Divisional Police Officer of Ovwian/Aladja, SP Idoko  Okwudih, and his team, while on surveillance patrol received a distress call that some armed robbers were operating around Ekette Water Side on April 10, 2019 at about 4:00 p.m.

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    “Based on the information, the patrol team, in a swift response, proceeded to the scene where they saw four boys suspected to be armed robbers on two motorcycles.

    “The boys opened fire on the patrol team and during the exchange, two of the robbers were gunned down, rushed to the hospital for treatment and later confirmed dead.

    “Items recovered from them included one cut-to- size double barrel gun with three live cartridges.

    “Efforts are on to track down the others who escaped with bullet wounds,” the statement said. (NAN)

  • Inspector killed, 3 policemen injured by suspected Fulani herdsmen

    Inspector killed, 3 policemen injured by suspected Fulani herdsmen

    The Delta Police command, has confirmed that an inspector was killed and three other policemen injured by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Abraka, Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta,

    The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Andrew Aniamaka, confirmed the incident while briefing newsmen on Wednesday in Asaba.

    He said that the inspector and his three colleagues, from Abraka Police Division, were on routine patrol along the railway line in Abraka when they were ambushed by suspected Fulani herdsmen.

    He said that the injured policemen sustained various degrees of injuries.

    Aniamaka said: “our men were ambushed around the railway line in Abraka and the assailants opened fire on them.

    “It was so spontaneous that our men did not have the time to stave-off the attack.

    “We lost an inspector and three other policemen were injured and are currently receiving treatment in the hospital.

    “That is the situation of things; we are still on the trail of those who committed the dastardly act.

  • Police confirm death of suspected armed bandit in Delta

    The Delta police command on Monday said its operatives had killed a notorious suspected armed robber simply known as “Tompolo”.

    The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Andrew Aniamaka, who confirmed the death of the suspected robber, however, added that three of his accomplices escaped with bullet wounds.

    Aniamaka said police detectives from Enerhen division in Uvwie local government area near Warri, foiled a robbery attack following a distress call and in the ensueing gun duel, killed Tompolo, on April 9.

    He said, “I got a distress call that one suspect has been gunned down by men of the Enerhen police division, with the assistance of the local vigilantes, after a gun duel.

    “Item recovered from the suspect included a cut to size locally made pistol and some rounds of ammunition,” he said.

    He noted that the incident happened after the deceased alongside others had successfully robbed a female victim of a huge sum of money at about 5:00 am around Dugbo Estate.

    “Tompolo and his boys robbed a woman of her handbag containing huge sums of money she was going to the market with.

    “Tompolo and his gang members had been terrorizing neighborhoods around here for so long,” he said.

     

  • Gunmen kidnap businessman’s wife in Delta

    Gunmen on Tuesday night kidnapped a middle-aged housewife of a businessman, Mrs Christie Orakeme, at her family home in Asaba.

    Family sources told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Asaba that Orakeme was kidnapped in her car at about 10.25 p.m. while waiting for her son to open the gate for her.

    The source, who is a son of the victim, simply identified as Junior, narrated how the gunmen shot into the air as they drove off in high speed with their victim.

    “My mother went out at about 9 p.m. to attend to some urgent matters in the church. She returned and was waiting at the gate for us to open the gate for her, when some armed men attacked her.

    “They forced her out of her car and put her in their own car, a Mercedes Benz car, and zoomed off. I gave them a chase on foot, and was shouting for help, but no one came out,”Junior said.

    NAN further gathered that the kidnappers had called the family last night with the victim’s cell phone demanding a ransom of N60 million, but later reduced the amount to N25 million.

    Husband of the victim, Mr Osita Orakeme, who arrived from his base in Oghara, near Warri , also confirmed to NAN that the kidnappers called him twice, and have reduced their ransom demand to N25 million.

    “They have called me twice, in fact they called to say I should give them N25 million, but I told them I don’t have such amount of money, and they hung up the phone,”he said.

    Contacted, spokesperson of the Delta Police Command, DSP Andrew Aniamaka, confirmed the incident to NAN on phone, and said the police had commenced investigations after the family reported the matter late Tuesday night.

    “I have been able to confirm the kidnap after the matter was reported to the ‘A’ Division of the State Police Command. Firstly, we have to do everything humanly possible to rescue the victim unhurt.

    “We also need every available information to help us to track down the kidnappers,“Aniamaka said. (NAN)

  • Police arrest 32 suspects in joint operation with Army, others

    Police arrest 32 suspects in joint operation with Army, others

    The Delta Police Command said it arrested 32 persons in a cordon and search operation with the Army, Navy and DSS in identified ‘hotspots’ in five communities in Uvwie L.G.A.

    The twin cities of Uwvie and Effurun have recently been embroiled in politically motivated violence.

    An Effurun Shoprite facility was attacked by irate youths on Janaury 8 looting and destroying property worth several millions of Naira after following altercation between Baro Henry and two naval ratings outside the shopping mall.

    The Delta State Police Command declared wanted Henry Baro, former Uwvie local government council boss, and a National Union of Road Transport Workers, (NURTW) boss, Napoleon Odibu, Effurun Central Motor Park, over the incident.

    A bounty of One Million Naira has been offered to the public for information leading to their arrest.

    Delta Police spokesperson, DSP Tina Kalu in a press release Friday made available to The Nation said the joint operation was to checkmate ‘the rising trend in violent crime in the State’.

    She said the cordon and search operation which invovled the Army, Navy and DSS was carried out on five communities on Uwvie local Government Area including Ubrete, Afieki, Udomulo, Effurun and Udumurie.

    Kalu said ‘a nylon bag containing 1070 INEC voter’s cards’ were recovered in the raid.

    She said ; ‘on 11/3/2016 operatives of Delta Police Command in joint operation with the Army, Navy and DSS carried out a cordon and search operation on identified hot spots at Ubrete, Afieki, Udumulo, Effurun and Udumurie Communities in Uvwie L.G.A. During the operation, two G3 rifles with twenty (20) rounds of 303mm ammunition, one cut to size locally made single barrel gun and a cartridge were recovered while thirty five suspects were arrested.

    Also recovered was a nylon bag containing 1070 INEC voters’ cards’.

    In a related development, the Delta Police Command said it has burst a five man syndicate which specialises in robbing unsuspecting bank costumers after trailing their victims in Asaba metropolis-the Delta State Capital.

    Kalu said the robbers trailed one Daniel Ihezue, residing in New Layout , Okpanam Road  and dispossessed him of the sum of N5,050.00 withdrawn from Zenith Bank ,Asaba.

    She said based on the report operatives of the SARS Asaba  acting on a tip-off arrested Eziokobundu Okolo which led to the arrest of  Damian Chidi Arinze ‘m’ (leader) of Ejighinmadu village, Awka-Etiti, Idemili LGA of Anambra state, Chukwubundu Obeleke ‘m’, Muri Giwa ‘m’, David Ogoro ‘m’.

    She said preliminary inquiries indicate that the syndicate specializes in robbing unsuspecting bank customers of money withdrawn from bank by trailing them

    She said the sum of N4, 510,000.00, part of the robbed money has been recovered from the suspects while the suspects are undergoing investigation.

     

  • Man arrested for ‘hacking’ wife to death in Delta

    The Delta State police command has arrested one Michael Akpore, a native of Urhiephron community in Ughelli South council area of the state, for allegedly hacking his wife to death.

    The Nation gathered that Akpore reported his crime to the Jeremi Divisional Police Station last Thursday.

    According to a statement issued by the spokesperson of the Delta State police command, Celestina Kalu, Akpore had confessed to luring his wife, a 32-year old Julie, to the bush along Iwhrekan/Ekakpamren Road, where he macheted her till she died.

    Akpore claimed to have killed his wife over alleged infidelity.

    “The suspect killed his wife because the deceased confessed that she was having extra marital affairs. He was promptly arrested, crime scene visited and corpse of the woman recovered and deposited at the Jeremi Hospital mortuary for autopsy.

    “The motorcycle in which he conveyed the deceased to the bush was also taken to the station. The machete is being looked for and preliminary investigation is on,” the police spokesperson said.