In response to reports of increased kidnapping and armed robbery in Ughelli, Warri, and surrounding areas, DCP Johnson Adenola ordered all divisional police officers in the Delta Command to gather intelligence and put an end to this trend. Acting on intelligence gathered about an armed robbery gang that had allegedly kidnapped and murdered Godspower Emmanuel after stealing an AK47 rifle from a police officer and collecting a ransom of 400,000 naira, the DPO of Ovwian Aladja division, CSP Aliyu Shaba, mobilized detectives to search for the suspects.
While searching for the suspects, the police were fired upon and they responded with gunfire. One suspect, identified as Felix A.K.A “OBJ,” was fatally shot and later pronounced dead in the hospital. The police also arrested three other suspects, Stephen Precious, Godstime Sunday, and Apene Prince, who had sustained bullet injuries of varying degrees.
In addition to the arrests, the police recovered an AK47 rifle with breech no. 19617, eighteen rounds of 7.62mm ammunition, an English double barrel gun, eleven Android phones, two button phones, a long knife, a suspected stolen white GLK Mercedes Benz with the registration number YAB 733 BK, two bottles of codeine, and two wraps of weed believed to be Indian hemp. Investigations are ongoing.
