The Delta State Police Command says it neutralized one person and arrested two others responsible for the killing of two Police Officers at a checkpoint last Sunday 23, July,2023.
A statement by Public Relations Officer of the Delta State Police Command,DSP Bright Edafe explained that in response to the attack on Police operatives attached to Dragon Patrol team on 23/7/2023, at about 11:40am while on stop and search duty at Oleh roundabout by suspected bandits, who shot and killed two operatives and set the patrol vehicle ablaze, the Commissioner of Police, Delta State, CP Wale Abass, detailed a combined team of Policemen attached to Ozoro Area command, Dragon patrol to go after the attackers with the support of troops from the Nigerian Army, 63 Brigade and members of the local vigilante the men swung into action.
DSP Edafe said during the operation, the combined team engaged the hoodlums in a serious gun duel, subdued the hoodlums who fled into the bush having been inflicted gunshot injuries.
The Police Image maker disclosed that the team traced their blood to a river where one AK-47 rifle was recovered on the same date of the incident.
The spokesperson for the command said the response team sustained the tempo and continued the operation on 24/7/2023.
He further stated that acting on credible intelligence, they stormed Erewa community bush in Isoko North LGA, where they engaged the remnant of the bandits in serious gun duel, neutralized one of them, arrested two others, recovered two more AK-47 rifles, one Assault rifle, four magazines and twelve 7.62 AK-47 ammunition while effort is on to track down other members of the syndicate.
Meanwhile the Commissioner of Police Delta State, CP Wale Abass has assured residents that the Command will not relent in the fight against crime and criminality while counting on the support from well-meaning Deltans in ensuring that the State is safe for all.
