Delta State Police Command has arrested six members of kidnap syndicate who disguised as vigilance group to abduct unsuspecting victims.
According to the police the syndicate have been operating in Ekpan and Warri axis for a long period of time.
According to Delta State Police Publlic Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Bright Edafe, ” On December 15, at about 2 am,Police operatives attached to Ekpan Police station deployed on patrol along Jakpa Road, intercepted a Toyota Sienna space bus, ash in colour, without registration number conveying six male occupants. The Policemen on suspicion subjected them to a search during which three pump action guns, four locally made guns, one long axe, seven expended cartridges, nine live cartridges, native charms, three cutlasses, two number plates were recovered.
“The suspects, Aaron Okorigwe, 27, and five others could not give reasonable account of themselves, were taken into custody. Investigation later revealed that they were hoodlums who were operating under the guise of being members of hunters group from Ovwian Aladja, but sneaked into Ekpan Community in a Sienna vehicle, robbed and kidnapped unsuspecting members of the public, after robbing them, they would run to hibernate in Ovwian Aladja.
“Following these findings, on December 16, the DPO invited three victims (names withheld), all of whom were at various times victims of armed robberies, and kidnappings in the area, and placed the suspects on identification parade, the victims identified the suspects as the syndicate that robbed and kidnapped them. Investigation is ongoing”.
The PRO advised members of the public to report any suspicious activities in their areas to the nearest police station .
