Delta State police operatives have gunned down one kidnapper, arrested one other with serious gunshot injuries while two others escaped.
They were a gang of four armed men operating in a silver coloured Lexus SUV with reg. no. KSF 315 HF.
Operatives of Abraka police station led by the DPO, SP Fabian Ayameh, while on routine patrol along campus III road Abraka, Ethiope East LGA, were alerted of a kidnap incident at a filling station opposite Delta State University campus III gate, Abraka.
The team swiftly mobilised and went on the trail of the kidnappers while the suspects on noticing that the policemen were closing in on them, fired gunshots while trying to escape and the police responded bravely.
Due to the superior firepower of the police, their operational vehicle was successfully demobilised which made the hoodlums to abandon the victim, jumped out of the vehicle, took to their heels running in different directions while firing gunshots in a bid to escape.
The command police public relations officer, (PPRO), DSP Bright Edafe, confirmed the development, saying “the combat ready policemen engaged the hoodlums in a gun duel and successfully neutralized one of them.
“One AK 47 rifle with breech no 06571 without magazine was recovered. The victim who was kidnapped at the filling station has since been reunited with his family. Manhunt for the other fleeing suspects is ongoing.”
He said the commissioner of police Delta State, CP Wale Abass, while commending the DPO Abraka and his men for their courage and achievement, admonished them to sustain the tempo.
He also assured Deltans that the command would continue to sustain peace and security in the state and reiterated that Delta State will be very hot for criminals until they quit or relocate as the state will never be a safe haven for them.
