Delta state police command have rescued two kidnapped victims unhurt and have since reunited them with their families.
The operatives relentlessly combed the Oghara-Ugbenu Forest, Delta state, which forced the kidnappers to abandon the victims and escape.
The Divisional Police Officer, (DPO), Oghara division received a distress call that two persons were suspected to have been kidnapped at Oghara-Ugbenu link road and their whereabouts not known.
In an ingenious display of crime fighting craft, the DPO, CSP Olasunkanmi Musiliu, while working on credible and technically generated information, led a combined team of police operatives of the Division, Anti-Cult Unit, SIB Unit, and the local vigilante groups into the forest.
According to DSP Bright Edafe, Delta Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), four live cartridges; one Tecno Spark phone; one ATM card; and three sim cards of different telecommunication networks were recovered from the scene.
“Regardless of the victim’s rescue, efforts are on top gear to ensure the arrest of the fleeing suspected kidnappers” Edafe vowed.
Similarly, the command recovered two Beretta Pistol from one Michael Danjuma and one Chimuanya Francis Onwusonye.
Upon investigation, it was revealed that the 23-year-old suspect who is a native of Langtang in Plateau state but resides in Hausa market by Custom Okpanam, majors in vandalizing cables.
Edafe confirmed a search warrant was promptly executed at his premises; and upon a thorough search of his place of residence, “the following exhibits were recovered: One Beretta Pistol, one magazine, some vandalized cables, two ATM Cards, and one steel pair of scissors.
“The suspect is in custody and will be charged to court upon completion of investigation.”