The Commissioner of Police, Delta State Command, CP Ari Mohammed Ali, has given an insight into the achievements recorded in the fight against kidnapping and cultism in the state.
During a press briefing at the command headquarters on Thursday in Asaba, the state capital, the commissioner stated that the command recorded the death of daredevil kidnappers and recovered two AK47 rifles, three pump action guns, and sixty-two rounds of live ammunition.
The CP said on Tuesday, March 15, 2022, at about 1400hours, while acting on intelligence gathered operatives from the command Special Anti-Kidnapping and Cyber Crime squad trailed a suspected kidnapping syndicate operating within Sapele, Oghara, and Abraka axis.
According to the CP, the kidnappers were trailed to their hideout in Oghara where three suspected kidnappers were successfully neutralized by the operatives and two AK47 rifles, three pump action guns, and sixty-two rounds of live ammunition were recovered.
Again, the CP said the command also arrested forty-three suspected cultists, stating that on Monday, March 14, 2022, a cult ensued between Eiye and Arobaga confraternities in the Jesse community, Ethiope West local government area where four suspected cultists were killed.
He stated that he immediately directed the command State Anti-Cultism Unit, Dragon Patrol, Eagle-net special squad, and Safe Delta Patrol teams to Jesse town to ensure that sanity is immediately restored in the community.
He also stated “Consequently, three members of the Arobaga confraternity namely: Victor John ‘m’, Nelson Friday ‘m’ and Festus Friday ‘m’ who were alleged to have killed the four members of Eiye confraternity were arrested and today I am glad to say that they are here with us. The investigation is ongoing, meanwhile, sanity has been restored in the community.”
The police commissioner further added that “As part of measures to forestall any further breakdown of law and order in any part of the State, I ordered that intensive raiding be carried out on suspected cultists’ hideouts by DPOS in their areas of responsibility. In compliance with these directives, the DPO ‘A’ Division Warri led a combined team of Police/Vigilante Patrol teams and carried out intensive raids at Ogedengbe and Hausa quarters respectively.
Adding that “During the raid, twenty-one suspected cultists were arrested.
The State Anti-Cultism unit and the Command raiders squad also carried out raids in different parts of the state and arrested Nineteen suspected Cultists.
CP Ari said “I assure you all today that the Command will not relent in the fight against Kidnapping/Cultism and is more than ever before willing to identify, raid, arrest and prosecute anyone found wanting. Parents and guardians are therefore urged to monitor their wards and caution them to shun all forms of criminality as anyone found wanting will be arrested and prosecuted.
Thank you all”, he added.
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