Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have rescued a
27-year-old kidnap victim, Jeffrey Emekume and arrested a suspected illicit
drug dealer, Aliyu Adamu.
Acting spokesperson of the command, DSP Bright Edafe, in a
statement on Wednesday, May 12, said the Divisional Police Officer of Sapele
Division got information that Emekume was kidnapped on the Eku-Abraka
Road.
"On the 8/5/2021 at about 2000hrs, information got to
the divisional police officer Sapele Division CSP Harrison Nwabuisi that one
Jeffrey Emekume ‘m’ 27yrs was kidnapped along Eku Abraka road Eku with his
Lexus Jeep sky blue with Reg. No. RSH 716 AX on Sapele road,"
Edafe stated.
The DPO Sapele swiftly mobilized and led Crack Teams into
the bush and the hoodlum who, could not withstand the relentless effort of the
police abandoned the victim and fled. Emekume was rescued and the Lexus
SUV recovered.
He said effort is ongoing to track and arrest the fleeing
suspects.
Edafe said the police arrested the illicit drug dealer,
Adamu, 20, with 237 wraps of Indian Hemp during a raid at Hausa Quarters in
Warri.
"On the 9/5/2021 at about 1820hrs, based on intelligent
gathered by the divisional police officer ‘A’ division Warri CSP T.Y. Mahmud,
mobilized Rapid Response Team and raided a black spot at Hausa Quarters where
one Aliyu Adamu ‘m’ 20yrs was arrested with two hundred and thirty seven wraps
of weed suspected to Indian hemp. The suspect allegedly confessed to be a major
dealer in Indian Hemp. Investigation is ongoing" he added.
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