Delta Police Arrest 106 Suspects, Rescue Kidnapped Victims In Q1 2025
The Delta State Police Command has revealed the arrest of over 106 crime suspects and the rescue of 13 kidnapped persons in the first quarter of 2025.
The Commissioner of Police, CP Abaniwonda Olufemi, disclosed this on Wednesday during a press briefing in Asaba.
The suspects were allegedly involved in various crimes, including armed robbery, kidnapping, murder, cultism, and sexual offences.
Giving a breakdown of the command’s operation, CP Abaniwonda said, the command arrested 35 suspects linked to armed robbery, 24 suspected kidnappers, 21 murder suspects, 22 cultists, and four suspects of rape and defilement cases.
The arrests, he said, were part of the Command’s strategic and intelligence-driven approach to policing aimed at rooting out crime and restoring public safety across the state.
Besides the arrests, the Command said it also recovered a total of 53 weapons including 11 AK-47 rifles, 1G-3 rifle, 9 Beretta pistols, 19 single-barrel and cut-to-size guns, and 13 pump-action guns.
The Commissioner noted that 13 victims who had been kidnapped were successfully rescued and reunited with their families, while 14 suspected stolen vehicles were recovered.
“The operations equally led to the seizure of assorted illicit drugs and substances, which, he said, posed a threat to youth and community safety.
“One of the major breakthroughs highlighted was the neutralization of a notorious kidnapping syndicate operating in and around Ogwashi-Uku, Ibusa, Issele-Uku, Ubulu-Uku, and neighbouring communities.
“According to CP Abaniwonda, the syndicate believed to be behind a string of abductions in the region was eliminated during a gun battle with police operatives,” the CP added.
Delta Police Arrest 106 Suspects, Rescue Kidnapped Victims In Q1 2025 is first published on The Whistler Newspaper
