Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have thwarted a kidnap attempt by a syndicate of kidnappers in Oghara Kingdom, in the Ethiope West Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, after engaging the suspects in a gun battle.
In a statement signed on Monday, the police spokesperson in the state, SP Bright Edafe, said that on August 13, 2024, while students of Delta State Polytechnic, Oghara, were celebrating their graduation ceremony, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Oghara Division, Olasunkanmi Musiliu, received information that some suspected kidnappers were planning to abduct guests at the ceremony.
Acting on the information received, the DPO mobilised and led operatives of the Police Division to the suspected kidnappers’ hideouts in a bush along Otefe/Ovade Legit Road.
Upon sighting the police, the suspects fled, sustaining various degrees of gunshot injuries during the exchange of gunfire…
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