Gun Battle in Delta as Police, Robbers Clash, Deadly Weapons Recovered, Others

Gun Battle in Delta as Police, Robbers Clash, Deadly Weapons Recovered, Others

A combined team of police and vigilantes clashed with robbers in a gun battle during an ongoing robbery operation on Thursday, 22nd July, 2021 around Eku.

According to a statement released on Saturday 24th July by the DSP. Bright Edafe, Ag. Police Public Relations Officer, Delta State Police Command, Asaba, a combine team of police and vigilante acting on credible information received that a gang of four armed robbers were operating around Eku, the combined team stormed the area and the dare devil robbers engaged the team in a gun duel.  

Three of the armed robbers sustained serious gun shot injuries, they were rushed to the hospital where they later gave up the ghost  while receiving treatment. 

"Exhibit recovered from them includes one cut to size single barrel gun, five live cartridges, eleven android phones and one laptop. Three of Their victims names (withheld) later came to the station and identified the recovered phones and laptop as theirs." The statement declared that the manhunt for the fleeing member of the gang is ongoing

This occurred following the directive given by the Commissioner of Police Delta state Command, CP Ari Muhammed Ali, FCIA, psc+ on the need to be proactive always. The CP asserted proactive policing is way better than reactive policing. He stated that one of the best way to be proactive is through intensive stop and search, raid of black spots/criminal hideout.

On another development, the DPO Sapele division neutralized an armed robbery attempt  in Sapele in Saturday 3rd July, 2021.

According to the DSP PRO Bright Edafe, " at about 2130hrs , the DPO Sapele division received a distressed from one man (name withheld) resident at Ugbeyiyi area of Sapele  that one of the  police personnel  attached to him noticed a strange movement around the fence of his house.

" The DPO CSP Harrison Nwabuisi  led a team of crack squad attached to the division and stormed the area almost immediately. The suspect who wrapped an object in a caftan long gown, on sighting the police took to his hills. He was chased that night into a nearby bush. He dropped the wrapped object he was carrying and escaped. 

"When the wrapped object was uncovered, one Ak 49 rifle with one live ammunition was recovered. The rifle was without magazine but had already been corked as the ammunition was in the chamber. The rifle with breach number 06957 was recovered."

Similarly, on Tuesday, 20th July, 2021 at about 2200hrs, Dragon patrol teams 27 and 28 while on stop and search duty at Oleh roundabout along Ozoro Ughelli express way intercepted one tricycle blue in colour with Reg. No. URM 826 QR. The driver refused to stop hence the patrol teams went after them. Fortunately one of the occupant of the tricycle by name Efe Felix ‘m’ 29yrs of Efe No. 9 Efe street Ozoro was arrested while the other two  suspects fled into the bush.

" Upon search, two (2) locally made cut to size guns with twelve (12) live cartridges concealed in a bag was recovered from the battery compartment of the tricycle. The next day 21st July, 2021 at about 0600hrs, while one of the escaped suspect was trying to look for a way to get out of town on a motorcycle, luck ran out of him as he was again intercepted by Dragon 27 and 28. The suspect Ibrahim Salihu ‘m’  28yrs of opposite Mercy Land Warri was arrested, and he confessed to be part of the gang that was earlier intercepted. Investigation is ongoing."

Also on another development, on Wednesday 21st July 2021 at about 2200hrs, ‘B’ Division Ughelli Patrol team while on stop and search duty opposite Ibru Clinic Agbarha-Otor  intercepted a Qlink motorcycle with reg no. AUC462 SF  ridden by one Udi Alex (m) 45yrs old of winners street Agbarha-Otor  with two male occupants. 

The two passengers sensing danger immediately jumped down from the motorcycle and escaped into the bush  abandoning a bag. When searched, in the bag was a locally made cut to size  gun with ten (10) live cartridges, twelve (12) expended cartridges,  one Oppo Android phone and three  ATM cards were recovered from the bag. The rider who claimed not to know the fleeing suspects was arrested and undergoing interrogation while manhunt for the two fleeing suspects  is ongoing.

On that same day, Wednesday 21st July, 2021 at about 2030hrs, acting on credible intelligence, Operation Delta Hawk teams raided a notorious black spot/cultist rendezvous at back of General Hospital GRA Asaba.  

"During the raid,  four (4) male suspects were arrested in possession of various quantity of hard drugs. The suspects are  Idris Mohammed ‘m’ 31yrs,  Suleman Isa ‘m’ 22yrs,  Saidu Isah ‘m’ 20yrs,  Habibu Kebbi ‘m’ 22yrs. Exhibits recovered from them includes, twenty-five (25) wraps of dried leave suspected to be Indian hemp, Eleven (11) sachets of SK, eleven (11) roll bond, fifty-seven (57) capsules of tramadol,  sixty-two (62) tablets of swinol and twenty-eight (28) wraps of substance suspected to be cocaine.  Investigation is ongoing."

On another development, on Friday, 23rd July 2021  at about 0400hrs, the DPO Ebrumede Division SP Bolarinwa Alabi while on stop and search duty with crack team attached to the Division at one of the black spot close to DSC roundabout Warri, flagged down a  vehicle for check but the driver refused to stop and zoomed off instead.

"The police quickly led crack team and went after the said vehicle, the occupants of the vehicle realizing that the police was not relenting, abandoned the vehicle a Toyota RAV4  Jeep  with a Lagos registration number EPE 949 FF and fled. 

"The vehicle when searched,  a well constructed master key was recovered. Investigation later revealed that the said vehicle was removed from where park in the early hours of same date. Manhunt for the fleeing suspect is ongoing"