Delta State Police Command has foiled a kidnap attempt at the Warri area of the State.
The Command also rescued a couple from death after they were shot by the suspected kidnappers.
Delta State Police Public Relations Officer(PPRO) DSP Edafe Bright, in a Statement stated that: “On April 14, at about 8.40 p.m while men of ‘A’ Division Warri Patrol team were on routine Aberdeen system of patrol, they heard gunshots suspected to have been released by armed robbers/kidnappers around Odiaen junction in Warri, for the professionally strategic location and instinctive reflex of the patrol team, the team swiftly traced the location where the gunshot was heard. As the patrol team closed in on the hoodlums, they quickly abandon the victims and shot sporadically, and escaped into the bush.
” They abandoned one tricycle with number plate, EFR 060 WZ, and one GSM phone, two expended cartridges were recovered from the scene. A married couple, Alfred Erheren, 41, and Stella Maris, 39, who caught up by distant stray bullet pellets from the hoodlums were rescued by the police and taken to the hospital where they were treated and discharged.
“The Commissioner of Police Delta state command Mr. Ari Muhammed Ali, has mandated that all DPOS to ensure that this tempo is sustained and improved upon until the unwanted elements are wiped out completely. Meanwhile, the investigation is ongoing while a serious manhunt for the fleeing hoodlums continues. Members of the public are enjoined to give any useful information to the police that will aid the police in bringing these hoodlums to book.
” The proactive policing does not only reduce crime, but when swift measures are taken, it can also save a life, and properties, that is why the Commissioner of Police Delta State CP Ari Muhammed Ali, has continuously emphasize the need for members of the public to always give timely information to the Police that will help the police in arresting this criminal element in order to have a Safer Delta”.
