Wednesday, January 14, 2026 - The Delta State Police Command has foiled a planned kidnap operation and recovered firearms and ammunition from the fleeing hoodlums, who also abandoned their soaked garri and groundnut.
In a statement issued on Tuesday and signed by the Police
Public Relations Officer, Bright Edafe, the command said operatives of the CP
Special Assignment Team, acting on credible intelligence, stormed a suspected
criminal hideout along a bush path in the Upper Agbarho area of the state.
According to the statement, intelligence reports indicated
that about six suspected kidnappers were sighted in the area, prompting a
coordinated operation at about 9:35 p.m. on January 11, 2026.
The operation was led by Julius Robinson in collaboration
with community vigilantes.
“Upon sighting the police operatives, the suspects opened
fire,” the command said, adding that officers responded “with superior
firepower,” forcing the suspects to flee with varying degrees of injury.
The police disclosed that the fleeing suspects abandoned
weapons and other incriminating items at the scene.
Photos of the items recovered include a bowl of soaked
garri, with three spoons, nylons of groundnut, a nylon of garri, sachets of
alcoholic drinks, matches, lighters, “one FNC rifle loaded with one round of
live ammunition and one pump-action gun with thirty-two rounds of live
cartridges.”
“All exhibits have been recovered and taken into custody,”
the statement said, noting that a manhunt had been launched to arrest the
suspects who escaped.
Reacting to the development, the Commissioner of Police,
Delta State Command, CP Aina Adesola, commended the operatives for what he
described as their courage and effective use of intelligence.
The CP reiterated that the command “remains resolute in
denying criminal elements the space to operate,” warning that Delta State “will
continue to be hostile to all forms of criminality.”
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