Screened
By Jon Egie
Three kidnap victims, two men and one woman have been rescued by the police in Orerokpe.
A release issued by the PPRO to the Delta State Police Command, DSP Bright Edafe said, yesterday, New Year eve, at about 0120hours, while police operatives attached to Orerokpe Division were on visibility patrol duty along Warri/Sapele Road by Okuvo and Egborede Communities, they sighted some persons being dragged into the bush.
The operatives suspected that they may have been kidnapped, so they trailed them into the bush. The hoodlums, upon realizing that the policemen were closing in on them, opened fire on the team, and the policemen equally responded. The hoodlums who could not withstand the firepower of the operatives abandoned the victims and escaped.
The victims (names withheld) aged 40yrs, 54yrs and 49yrs respectively, were rescued unhurt and have been reunited with their families. Manhunt for the fleeing suspects is ongoing.
In a related development, Operatives of Delta State Police Command attached‘A’ division Warri who were on stop and search duty at the front of Daudu police outpost, Kpesu community Warri, sighted a tricycle driving against traffic. In an attempt to stop them, the suspects dangerously maneuvered the tricycle and escaped, but in the process, a black handbag fell from the tricycle. Upon searching the bag, one locally made cut-to-size pistol was recovered. Efforts to arrest the fleeing suspects are ongoing. The release added.
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