Police neutralise 2 kidnap suspects, rescue victim in Delta

The Police Command in Delta has neutralised two kidnap suspects and rescued a victim from the kidnappers in the state.

The command’s spokesman, DSP Bright Edafe who disclosed this to newsmen on Tuesday in Warri, said that assorted weapons and a stolen vehicle were also recovered from the suspects.

Edafe said that the suspects were neutralised on Saturday in a gun duel with police operatives attached to the Ekpan division in Uvwie Local Government Area of the state.

He said that the Divisional Police Officer, Ekpan division, CSP Aliyu Shaba, acting on intelligence, led a surveillance team of the division on the trail of the hoodlums.

“On Dec. 30, 2023, a 23-year-old male parked his GLK 350 Benz SUV on Jakpa Road leaving his brother inside the vehicle to attend to some issues.

“While there, he was alerted that the vehicle was attacked by three armed men and drove off to an unknown destination with his brother inside.

“Upon receipt of this information, the Commissioner of Police, Delta Command, Wale Abass directed Shaba to mobilise operatives and ensure that the victim was rescued and the suspects arrested,” he said.

Edafe said that the DPO, in compliance with the CP’s directive led a surveillance team attached to Ekpan division for the operation.

“The kidnappers upon sighting the police operatives engaged then in a gun duel and in the process, two of the hoodlums were fatally injured, while one of them escaped with gunshot injuries,” he said.

Edafe said that the kidnapped victim was rescued unhurt, adding that a single-barrel and one double-barrel gun with two expended cartridges and the stolen vehicle were recovered.

He said that the two injured suspects were taken to the hospital where they were certified dead by the doctor on duty.

The police spokesman said that efforts were ongoing to arrest the injured suspect who escaped during the gun duel.