Delta State police commissioner, Olufemi Abaniwonda, has ordered the immediate deployment of combat operatives to arrest kidnapping in the state.
The directive follows the incessant kidnapping and armed robbery at Ogwashi Uku and environs, Aniocha South local government council of Delta State.
For months, unknown gunmen reportedly rounded up the areas, kidnapping their victims to unknown locations, thereby creating fear in the minds of the residents.
The recent one was the abduction of Pastor Divine Omodia of the Elyon Paradise Ministry church, Asagba Ogwashi, near Ogwashi Uku Polytheistic who was shot and his two fingers cut off by hoodlums.
This development, which the Police boss described as worrisome, prompted the police to immediately dispatch its teams to the areas to fish out the hoodlums.
Delta State police spokesperson, Bright Edafe, in a statement, said the command is aware of a series of complaints emanating from Ogwashi-uku circulating on WhatsApp and other social media platforms of incessant kidnapping and armed robbery in the area.
“In compliance with this directive, deployments of combat operatives were drawn from Dragon Patrol, Eagle-Net, and Rapid Response Squad (RRS) and posted to various nipping points in Ogwsh i-Uku,” he said.
“In the same vein, the command’s Special Anti-Kidnapping and Cyber-Crime Squad (SAKCCS) have been mandated to relocate to Ogwashi-Uku and to embark on intelligence-driven policing to ensure that all suspected kidnappers and armed robbers carrying out these nefarious activities are arrested and brought to justice.
“In addition to these deployments, operatives of the State Intelligence Department (SID) have been directed to embark on undercover policing duties and intelligence gathering in the area.”
The commissioner assured residents of the command’s commitment to providing security for all, that the entire state is safe.
