By Nkasi Kolie
The Delta State Police Command has foiled a kidnap attempt and recovered arms in the process.
According to the police, they recorded significant breakthrough in its ongoing efforts to curb kidnapping, armed robbery, and other violent crimes across the State, following the recovery of firearms, ammunition, and other incriminating items .
Delta State Police Public Relations Officer SP Bright Edafe, in a statement, said that,”Operatives of the CP Special Assignment Team (CP-SAT) of the Delta State Police Command, led by ASP Julius Robinson, have foiled an attempted kidnapping operation by suspected gunmen in Agbarho, Ughelli North local government of the state.
“This came as operatives of CP-SAT had received information that about six suspected kidnappers were sighted at a bush path,along the Upper Agbarho area.
” Acting on the credible intelligence, on January 11, 2026, the operatives led by ASP Julius Robinson, in collaboration with the community vigilantes, carried out a well-coordinated covert operation and cordoned off the criminal hideout located in an uncompleted building within the area.
“Upon sighting the police operatives, the suspects opened fire on them but they responded with superior firepower, forcing the hoodlums to flee the scene with varying degrees of injuries, abandoning their arms and other items.
” The exhibits recovered from the hoodlums include: 1 FNC rifle loaded with one round of live ammunition, One pump-action gun with 32 rounds of live cartridges.
” The exhibits have been recovered and taken into custody. A manhunt has since been launched to apprehend the fleeing suspects.”
Commenting on the development, Commissioner of Police( CP) Aina Adesola, commended the operatives of CP-SAT for their braveness and effective use of intelligence, reiterating that,” the Command remains resolute in denying criminal elements the space to operate and warning that Delta State will continue to be hostile to all forms of criminality.”
