Delta State Security: Police Crack Down on Kidnappers and One Chance Syndicate; Recover Guns, 16 Mobile Phones

Delta State Security: Police Crack Down on Kidnappers and One Chance Syndicate; Recover Guns, 16 Mobile Phones

By Primetime Reports

ARREST OF SUSPECTED KIDNAPPERS/ARMED ROBBERS AND RECOVERY OF TWO LOCAL GUNS: Following the directive of the commissioner of police of Delta State, CP Olufemi Abaniwonda, that a case of kidnapping reported at Isiokolo Police Station, where one suspect was initially arrested, should be transferred to operatives of the CP special assignment team alongside one suspect named Augustine Ojanuware ‘m.’. Operatives of CP-SAT, upon further investigation, the suspect confessed that he is a member of a kidnapping and armed robbery syndicate terrorizing Ughelli, Warri, Agbarho, Sapele, and their environs.

On 28/6/2025, the suspect led operatives to the Osubi Area of Warri and Ughelli town, where two (2) additional suspects, viz. Precious Urhobowin, ‘m,’ 27 years old, of Ewu Community in Ughelli North LGA of Delta State, and Julius Okpako, ‘m,’ 32 years old, a native of Oviri-Ogor community in Ughelli North LGA of Delta State, who is a member and owner of a POS machine used in collecting ransom, were arrested respectively, and another locally made gun with eight (8) rounds of live cartridges was recovered from them.

Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspects were responsible for the kidnapping of a pharmacist on 19/6/2015 in her residence in Ughelli and released her after five (5) days upon payment of an undisclosed sum of money, and whose Lexus jeep they abandoned along the Isiokolo axis, and also the attempted kidnapping of another male victim whose Toyota Corolla they robbed upon the failed attempt at Iyede community on 28/4/2025. Suspects are in custody, and the investigation is ongoing.

ARREST OF SUSPECTED ROBBERS POPULARLY KNOWN AS “ONE CHANCE“ AND RECOVERY OF OPERATIONAL TRICYCLE AND SIXTEEN SOPHISTICATED MOBILE PHONES: Sequel to a series of complaints received from members of the public in Ughelli related to a syndicate that specializes in robbing unsuspecting passengers who board commercial tricycles. Acting on credible intelligence, on 28/6/2025 and 29/09/2025, operatives of CP – Special Assignment Team (CP-SAT) led by ASP Julius Robinson stormed Agbarho town and effected the arrest of Lucky Oghenerobor, ‘m,’ 37 years old, a native of Olomoro Community in Isoko South LGA of Delta State resident in Agbarho town, who is the leader and owner of their operational tricycle. Other suspects were also arrested within Ughelli town, namely Olamide Fagbaibe, ‘m,’ 24 years old, a native of Akure in Ondo State, and Umeh Akpan, ‘m,’ 37 years old, a native of Eket in Akwa-Ibom State, both residents of Ughelli town. Suspects confessed that they usually operate in Ughelli, Warri, Sapele, and environs. Recovered from them are sixteen (16) different kinds of suspected stolen phones.

The commissioner of police, Delta State, CP Olufemi Abaniwonda, reiterated that the command remains committed to the fight against crime and criminality and therefore calls on residents and the good people of Delta State to always volunteer information that will aid the police in crime fighting.

Below are the commands’ dedicated control room phone numbers:

– 08036684974

– 08114895600

– 08025666914

SP. Bright Edafe, ANIPR, FCIA, FIPMD, PPRO Delta State Police Command Asaba, related this report to the press on Monday, June 30th, 2025.

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