Ughellli North News Today

This was contained in a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer for Delta State Command, Bright Edafe, in Warri on Monday.

The Delta State Police Command says it has gunned down a suspected kidnapper, Joel Joseph, during a gun duel in the Inene community, Ughelli area of the Delta State and recovered an AK-47 rifle from the suspect.

It was gathered that the suspects, Edafe Richmond Akpoveve, Igho Midiyoraye, were arrested at their den after a kidnapped female victim name withheld escaped from the den.

The Nigeria Police Force, Delta State Command, has said that its operatives of a special squad deployed by the Commissioner of Police in the state, Abaniwonda Olufemi, have arrested six suspected kidnappers.   The command which made this known in a statement issued by its Public Relations Officer, SP Bright Edafe, on Friday, said that the police squad also rescued three kidnapped victims and recovered several firearms and ammunition.  

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Share Scores of commercial motorcyclists popularly known as Okada riders and youths, on Monday, stormed the Oginibo country home of former Minister of State for Education, Chief Kenneth Gbagi in support of his governorship ambition. Gbagi, a foremost industrialist and entrepreneur, is one of the pioneer fathers of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State and has been on a consultation spree ahead of the 2023 governorship election in the state. The commercial cyclists, under the aegis o...