Delta Police Rescue 63-Year-Old Kidnapped Female Victim In Oleh, Nab One Suspect

Recover One Ak 47 Rifle, Nineteen Rounds Of Live, Ammunition, Pump Action Gun, Others

By Daniel Dafe

Oleh Police Division of the Nigerian Police Force, on Tuesday rescued a 63-year-old female kidnap victim (name withled) in Oleh.

This was disclosed in statement by the police on Sunday, signed by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Edafe Bright.

According to the statement, the police while acting on information received from a motorcyclist that the said lady was seen with two boys armed with machetes in an isolated place along Irri-Aviara community road and suspected them to be kidnappers, swiftly mobilized and led police patrol teams in a combined effort with Irri vigilante and cordoned the surrounding bushes.

The hoodlums on sighting the police are said to have abandoned the victim and escaped into the bush.
Investigation later revealed that the victim was kidnapped on the 26th of November, 2021 at about 6.30p.m. along Olori road, Ughelli on her way home.

The police spokesman said that Oleh Police Division in compliance with the directive of the CP to the DPO, SP Paul Oboware, that the suspects be brought to book, embarked on an intelligence-led investigation.

DSP Bright added: “Police Operatives and vigilante were strategically deployed for the purpose of getting useful information with a view to seeing that these hoodlums are arrested and brought to book. Consequently, it paid off as on the 02/12/2021 at about 2143hrs, he received another distressed call from the vigilante deployed around Irri roundabout Oleh, that some hoodlums were sighted near the roundabout and operating in a white Toyota Hilux without registration number.“

“In an attempt to kidnap one man (name withheld) who recently returned from Europe, disagreement ensued among themselves which made residents in the area who became suspicious and had to alert the vigilante.

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“The gallant DPO Oleh again led a combined team of Police operatives/vigilante to the area in a carefully planned operation which led to the arrest of one of the suspect named Davidson Odigho ‘m’ aged 26yrs of Irri community in Oleh while other members of the gang escaped in the white hilux,” he added.

Upon interrogation, the suspect confessed to being part of the gang that kidnapped the 63-year-old woman on 30/11/2021 and abandoned her when they noticed that the police were closing in on them.

The suspect led police operatives to his house where one Ak 47 rifle, nineteen (19) rounds of 7.62mm live ammunition, one magazine, one pump action gun and twenty- six (26) live cartridges concealed in a sack bag and buried in the compound were recovered.

Manhunt for the fleeing members of the gang is ongoing.