CP Ari Muhammed Ali
By Jon Egie
Delta State Commissioner of Police, CP Ari Muhammed Ali has reiterated the importance of stop and search as policing strategy to the Command saying it is a proactive measure to taking the fight against crime and criminality to the doorsteps of criminals.
The CP in a statement issued by the Command’s PPRO, Bright Edafe, yesterday, said the exercise is also aimed at arresting and prosecuting criminals before they carry out their nefarious activities.
The CP said the strategy has enabled the Command to record huge successes in the fight against crime and criminality and hence assured Deltans that the Command will continue to sustain the tempo with a view to ensuring that the state is safe for all, especially in the yuletide.
Mentioning some of the successes recorded in the past week, the statement said on Friday, Nov 26, at about 2315 hours, Anti-Crime patrol team attached to Ekpan Police Station while on visibility patrol/stop and search duty flagged down a motorcycle with three occupants by Benjones in Hausa Market along NPA Expressway, Warri.
” The suspects alighted from the motorcycle and one of them surprisingly shot at the team but the team who were strategically positioned returned fire.
” During the gun fight, one of the suspects named Yusuf Ibrahim ‘m’ age 27, was immobilized when he got a gunshot on his left foot and he was arrested along with the rider of the motorcycle, one Hashimu Garba ‘m’ 30 yrs of Mami Market, Effurun while the third suspect escaped.
“Exhibit recovered includes one cut-to-size locally made single barrel gun, three live cartridges and two expended cartridges.
“Manhunt for the fleeing suspect is ongoing.
A week earlier, on Friday, Nov 19, at about 1530hrs, Kwale Divisional Patrol team while on stop and search duty along Afieze Street Kwale, intercepted one Qlink motorcycle with reg no EHR 609 LU with two occupants namely Ohajiaka Sunday ‘m’ aged 24yrs of Ogwu Ikpere Community of Ogbaru LGA in Anambra State and one Rukevwe Jagu ‘m aged 24yrs of same address but a native of Oriah- Abraka.
“Upon searching the suspects one locally made revolver pistol loaded with one live ammunition, forty two (42) rounds of assorted live ammunition, several charms and the sum of N103,500 were recovered from them. Investigation is ongoing.” The Police Spokesman said.
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