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Published 27 April 2021
Published 27 April 2021
The Delta State Police Command has arrested three kidnappers at the point of collecting ransom and rescued the victim at Nigercat Ekpan in the Uvwie Local Government Area of the state.
The acting Police Public Relations Officer in the a, DSP Bright Edafe, stated this on Monday.
He stated, “A complaint was received by DPO, ‘A’ Division, Warri, on April 23 that one Peter Okologo, 26, was kidnapped.
“It was gathered that 25-year-old Ejiro John of Ogbori community in Warri led a group of armed men, some of who were alleged to be in military uniform and armed with guns and other weapons.
Police rescue kidnap victim, arrest 3 suspects in Delta
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By Festus Ahon, Asaba
The Delta State Police Command, Tuesday, said it has rescued one Peter Okologo who was kidnapped by armed in Ekpan, Uvwie Local Government Area of the State and arrested three persons in connection with the kidnap.
The Acting Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, in the State, DSP Bright Edafe in a statement, said 40 suspected cultists and some persons who claimed to be members of a vigilante group who were watching over the suspected cultists were also arrested.
Edafe in the statement said: “On the 24/04/2021 at about 1000hrs, a complaint was received by the DPO ‘A’ Division Warri, CSP T.Y. Mahmud that on the 23/04/2021 at 2100hrs that while the complainant was with her boyfriend one Peter Okologo ‘m’ age 26yrs, resident of Nigercat Ekpan in Uvwie local government area, one Ejiro John ‘m’ age 25yrs of Ogbori Community in Warri led a group of armed men, some of them were alleged to b