4 June 2023
The Delta State Police Command, Ovwian Aladja Police station has used a Point of Service (POS) to arrest kidnappers gang leader, Adim Lucky Onweiyali,
in Ovwian Aladja on 1st June 2023.
This was contained in a police press statement made available to Trackupnews by the Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, Bright Edafe
According to the statement, the operator was alleged to be aiding criminals transfer money from victims account.
Edafe says The POS operator claimed ignorance of the antecedents of these suspects but cooperated with the police by disclosing credible information that led to the arrest of the gang leader.
The 33 years old suspect( Adim Lucky Onweiyali) led the police to the houses of other gang members and also to the house of one Akporido Stanley, a 56yrs male who hide the weapon for them.
One locally made gun, and three live cartridges were recovered.
The statement says suspects are in custody, and investigation is ongoing.
Read full statement of the police.
The Command is not resting in its fight to curb the activities of kidnappers and armed robbers in Delta State. Officers and men of the Command have keyed into the proactive policing of the 21st commissioner of police Delta State, CP Wale Abass who has since vowed that Residents must sleep with their two eyes close, and also ensure that the state is secured so that residents and investors can go about their lawful business(es) without fear.
The Command has recorded another breakthrough in the fight against crime and criminality,.
victim (name withheld) of kidnapping/armed robbery reported at Ovwian Aladja Police station that he was intercepted by some suspected kidnappers who abducted him and his wife and put them in the trunk of their car, drove them to an unknown destination, where they emptied his bank account through bank transfer before releasing them.
The DPO discovered that a similar case was also reported on the 7th of April 2023 by another victim, and coincidentally, the modus operandi of the suspects are the same.
The DPO Ovwian Aladja division CSP Aliyu Shaba, detailed detectives to carry out a discreet and intelligence led investigation and ensure that these suspects are arrested and brought to book. On 20/5/2023,
following a series of intelligence led investigations, the detectives arrested a POS operator (name withheld) whose account these hoodlums always transfer money from their victims account.
The POS operator who claimed ignorance of the antecedents of these suspects cooperated and availed the police with credible information that led to the arrest of the gang leader named Adim Lucky Onweiyali ‘m’ age 33yrs on 1st June 2023.
The suspect led the police to the houses of other gang members and also to the house of one Akporido Stanley ‘m’ age 56yrs who hide the weapon for them. One locally made gun, and three live cartridges were recovered.
Suspects are in custody, and investigation is ongoing.
