Few weeks after a Police Station was set ablaze and three personnel killed by the attackers in Delta State, another Station has been attacked by hoodlums.
This time, the hoodlums attacked the Ashaka police station. Also, the Command has neutralized six suspected armed robbers at the Asaba Agbor Road, Isele-Uku axis.
Delta State Police Spokesman, DSP Bright Edafe, in a statement, explained that “In the early hours of today (Sunday), at about 1:am, some enemies of the community and that of the police all armed men numbering about twenty stormed Ashaka police station; they threw IEDs at the station, shot sporadically, and set the police station that was built by the community/DESOPADEC ablaze. They also burnt down one patrol vehicle also bought for the police division by good people of the community just to ensure that police presence is not felt. It is pertinent to state that no life was lost and no arm was taken away.
” However, the police will not relent in ensuring that law and order are maintained in any community. Unprovoked attacks on the police will not deter the police from providing the needed security in any community in Delta state. The hoodlums who perpetrated this dastardly act will certainly not go free, as serious efforts are on to arrest them and bring them to book.
“In another development, on Saturday, acting on a tip-off, Commissioner of Police Delta state, deployed joint tactical teams of the command who stormed the hideout of suspected armed robbers/kidnappers and engaged the hoodlums in a serious gun duel. The joint team killed six of them, while others fled with gunshot injuries into the bush. One Ak 47 rifle, one pump action gun, one AK 47 magazine with 25 live ammunition were recovered.
“In the same vein, on the same day, men of Delta State command while on stop and search duty along Patani-Bayelsa road, intercepted A
Sienna bus with number plate: LSR 813 XL, with four occupants, on sighting the police, they quickly tried to maneuver in a bid to escape, the police went after them, on searching the vehicle, one locally made Barretta Pistol was recovered, and four suspects namely: Efe Oyenikoro Felix George, Emmanuel Job, Joan Yapiteghe, were arrested.
“The Command under the watch of CP Ari Muhammed Ali will not relent, as the CP has given marching orders to all tactical commanders, DPOS, and men of the command to be on their toes, gather intelligence, and take the battle to the den of criminals. He also urges members of the public to volunteer useful information that will assist the police in discharging its duties”.
