DELTA POLICE COMMISSIONER DIRECTS AREA COMMANDERS, DPO’s, TACTICAL COMMANDERS TO RAID BLACK SPOTS TO AVERT CRIME

OGHENETEJIRI NYERHOVWO

Commissioner of Police Delta state Command CP Ari Muhammed Ali has directed all Area commanders, DPOS as well as Tactical Commanders to embark on serious raid of criminal hideout and constant visibility with s view to nip in the bud criminal cased.

The Commissioner made the call in a statement signed by DSP Edafe Bright, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) made available to journalists, he called on members of the public to be law abiding to make policing much more easier.

The Commissioner also assured members of the public that efforts currently been put in place to ensure peace and security will be sustained.

CP. Ali disclosed that the fight against crime and criminality, the command has recorded some successes that includes the arrest of a date devil armed robber by the ‘A’ Division Police in Warri and arrest of a suspected cultist in a raid on some black spots in Koko, Oghara and Sapele area.

According to the statement, ” on 16/09/2021 at about 13:20 hrs, the DPO ‘A’ Division Warri CSP T.Y Mahmud led the Divisional R apid Respond Team on observation/visibility patrol along Warri Sapele road by warri club, information got to the DPO that a three man armed robbery gang robbed an unknown victim and that they are operating in a black toyota corolla car with registration number RBC 218 BL grey inn color. “

The statement added, ” the team extended their patrol further with a view to arresting the gang, the armed robbers on sighting the police fired at the men and during the gun duel, one of the armed robbers sustained serious gun shot injury while two others escaped with bullet wound. The injured suspect was rushed to the hospital where he gave up the ghost while receiving treatment. The suspect before he died gave his name as Andrew and admitted to be a member of the dreaded imomotimi group, a dare devil gang that has been on the Command wanted list. One locally made pistol loaded with a life cartridge , one hundred and thirty thousand naira, one small nokia phone and the above stated toyota corolla were recovered.”

The statement further added, “on 15/09/2021 at about 01:00hrs, Isiokolo Divisional patrol team in Ethiope East Local Government Area in conjunction with vigilante while on stop and search along Okpara – Okurekpo road Isiokolo flagged down a lady’s motor cycle with three (3) passengers. Upon reasonable suspicion they were searched and during the search, one cut-to- size locally made double barrel gun was recovered from one of the passengers named Oghenenyerhovwo Solomon ‘m’ of Uruegbe Street Okpara.”

CP. Ali said that the suspect was promptly arrested and the motorcycle impounded while the two (2) others escaped into the bush, adding, “efforts to arrest the two suspects at large are being intensified..”

Commissioner Ali disclosed that his Raiders Operatives arrested one suspected cultist, Rukevwe Afakpor after a raid in some black spots in Koko, Oghara and Sapele area, adding, ” on 13/09/2021 between 00:25hrs and 04:30hrs, raider operatives raided black spots in Koko Oghara and some areas in Sapele that are known to be hide out for some notorious cult related activities. During the raid, one suspected cultist Rukevwe Afakpor ‘m’ 29yrs old was arrested and one (1) locally made double barrel gun and three (3) live cartridges were recovered from him.