Police Foil Kidnap Operation Along Warri-Sapele Road, Rescue Three

On 31/12/2022, at about 0120hours, while police operatives attached to Orerokpe Division were on visibility patrol duty along Warri/Sapele road by Okuvo and Egborede Communities rescued three persons kidnapped.

Oasis Magazine learnt that the policemen sighted some persons being dragged into the bush.

The operatives who suspected that they may have been kidnapped, trailed them into the bush.

The hoodlums, upon realizing that the policemen were closing in on them, opened fire on the team, and the policeman equally responded.

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The hoodlums who could not withstand the firepower of the operatives abandoned the victims and escaped.

The victims (names withheld) aged 40yrs, 54yrs and 49yrs respectively, were rescued unhurt and have been reunited with their families.

The police image maker in the state confirmed the incidence, just as he said that manhunt for the fleeing suspects is ongoing.

In another development, on 29/12/2022, while police operatives attached to ‘A’ division Warri were on stop and search duty at the front of Daudu police outpost, Kpesu community Warri, they sighted a tricycle driving against traffic.

In an attempt to stop them, the suspects dangerously maneuvered the tricycle and escaped, but in the process, a black handbag fell from the tricycle.

Upon searching the bag, one locally made cut-to-size pistol was recovered.

Efforts to arrest the fleeing suspects are ongoing.