Delta: Police Arrest 6 Suspected Armed Robbers/Kidnappers Disguising As Vigilante, Hunters

By Daniel Dafe

Police operatives in Delta State attached to Ekpan Police station, deployed on patrol along Jakpa Road, on Thursday intercepted a Toyota Sienna space bus, ash in colour without registration number conveying six male occupants who disguise themselves as vigilantes and hunters to commit crimes in the area.

This was disclosed in a statement on Saturday by the police image maker in the state, DSP Bright Edafe.

According to the statement, the said “policemen on suspicion subjected them to a search during which three (03) pump action guns, four (04) locally made guns, one (01) long axe, seven (07) expended cartridges, nine (09) live cartridges, native charms, three (03) cutlasses, two (02) number plates were recovered.”

“The suspects, Aaron Okorigwe ‘m’ aged 27yrs and five others could not give reasonable account of themselves, were taken into custody,” he added.

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The police said “investigation later revealed that they were hoodlums who operate under the guise of being members of hunters group from Ovwian Aladja, but sneak into Ekpan Community in a Sienna vehicle, rob and kidnap unsuspecting persons, after robbing them, they run to hibernate in Ovwian Aladja.”

Adding: “Following these findings, on 16/12/2022, the DPO invited three victims (names withheld), all of whom were at various times victims of armed robberies, and kidnappings in the area, and placed the suspects on identification parade, the victims identified the suspects as the syndicate that robbed and kidnapped them.”

Continuing, the police said investigation is ongoing.