Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have foiled a kidnapping attempt by a

syndicate of kidnappers in Oghara Kingdom, in the Ethiope West Local Government

Area of the state, engaging the suspects in a gun duel.

In a signed statement on Monday, the Police Public Relations Officer for Delta State

Command, SP Bright Edafe, noted that on 13th August 2024, while students of Delta

State Polytechnic, Oghara, were celebrating their graduation ceremony, the Divisional

Police Officer of Oghara Division, Olasunkanmi Musiliu, a Chief Superintendent of

Police, received credible information that some suspected kidnappers had already

perfected plans to abduct guests attending the ceremony.

Acting swiftly on the information, Musiliu 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 with the police.

The police team recovered one AK-47 rifle, one magazine, one English pump-action

gun, and one locally made cut-to-size gun from the suspects. The police statement

disclosed that a manhunt for the fleeing suspects is ongoing.

Meanwhile, the Delta State Commissioner of Police, CP Olufemi Abaniwonda, while

thanking the people of Delta State for their support, urged them to “do more by

providing useful, credible, and timely information to the police.”