CP Wale Abass
* Deploy tactical team to suspect area
By Jon Egie
Delta State Police Command has debunked content of a video clip trending viral on social media hyping on the kidnap of 20 persons and killing of ten and saying that the information passed by the narrator was false and exaggerated.
A release issued by the Command’s PPRO, DSP Bright Edafe said, in response to the viral audio clip being circulated on Whatsapp and other social media platforms, the Commissioner of Police Delta State, CP Wale Abass psc yesterday, Tuesday, September 12, directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police Operations, DCP Johnson Adenola, the Area Commanders of Agbor and Sapele Area Commands respectively to embark on an on-the-spot assessment of the Ugbehwore town in Jesse Ethiope West LGA, Delta State to access the security architecture and identify grey areas where reinforcement is to be emplaced.
” The CP also directed the immediate deployment of tactical teams to complement the efforts of the DPO in the area; to nip this ugly trend in the bud, and to ensure that road users ply the road without fear of being kidnapped.
“The Command while appreciating the effort of members of the public for bringing this to the attention of the command, wishes to debunk a part of the clip stating that twenty persons were kidnapped, and ten persons killed as false and an exaggeration of the happenings in the area.
” The Command is working in close collaboration with the Edo State Police Command as the area in question is a boundary between Edo State and Delta State. Members of the public are assured of the Command’s commitment to providing security for all and ensuring that our roads are completely safe for road users.”
He said the Commissioner of Police Delta State CP Wale Abass solicited the support of members of the public by way of giving useful, credible, and timely information reiterated that perpetrators of the heinous act were surely in cahoot with some indigenes of the land.
Hence, he urged the traditional rulers, community heads, and local leaders to sensitize members of the community on the consequences of conspiring with criminals, and the legal implications.
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