Fmr Delta CP, Abaniwonda Reposted Back To Delta Few Days After Being Assigned To Rivers

The Police Service Commission has approved the appointment of four commissioners of police to lead state commands across the country.   In a statement released on Wednesday by Ikechukwu Ani, Head of Press and Public Relations, it was announced that CP Abaniwonda Olufemi, who was recently assigned to Rivers State Command, has been reassigned as Commissioner of Police for Delta State Command. CP Peter Ukachi Opara has been deployed to Cross Rivers State Command. He previously held the position of Commissioner of Police for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command,…

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Five Suspected Kidnappers Arrested In Delta Community

The combine crack team of security agents attached Delta State Police Command, have arrested five suspected kidnappers in a hotel raid located in Ewu-Urhobo community, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State. It was learned that the crack team stormed the hotel in the community to fish out the criminals from their hideout after multiple operations and kidnapping activities. A security source who spoke on the breakthrough disclosed that the suspects, Dominic Uweru, Isaac Oghenerukevwe, Oviri Godstime, Junior Sunday, and Efedeki Adjovo were arrested and a Honda Accord car…

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One Dead As Police Arrests Community Leader For Cultism, Recover Barreta Pistol

A team of the Delta State Police special squad detailed to Ughelli North by the Commissioner Abaniwonda Olufemi, have arrested former secretary of Oteri community youth for engaging in alleged cult related clash in an undisclosed hotel within Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. It was learned that the suspect was arrested by the police and a Barreta pistol was recovered from his apartment in the community upon searching. According to SP Edafe Bright the State Police Public Relations Officer, “Acting on credible intelligence on the peddling of…

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Otu-Jeremi Police Division’s Extortion On The Road Has Gotten Out Of Hand

By Zik Gbemre, It is imperative to call the DPO and his patrol team at the Otu-Jeremi Police Divisional Office in Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State to order and stop their growing indulgence in extortion of members of the public. The DPO and his patrol team are so blinded by the lure of extortion on motorists and commuters in Ughelli South to the point of compromising the protection of critical national assets, particularly oil and gas assets in their sphere of operations. This public misconduct was displayed on…

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Police Asp Dies In Hospital Days After Gunmen Attack In Delta

    A police officer attached to Agbarho division in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta state has reportedly died from bullet injuries sustained from unidentified gunmen while on patrol. It was gathered that the deceased officer, Asp Abdul Hussein was shut on his abdomen by suspected gunmen in an unidentified white Toyota Camry, Spider. The incident and death of the ASP Abdul Hussein was denied by the Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Edafe Bright when contacted. A source from the Delta State Police Command who confirmed…

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Police Arrest Suspected Cameroonian Kidnapper, Cultists, Others, Recover Guns In Delta

Police in Delta State have arrested a Cameroonian suspected to be kidnapper and his gang members, cultists and others as guns and live ammunition were recovered during the arrests across the state. The Delta state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Edafe Bright made this known in a statement made available to newsmen. According to the statement, Locally made and English gun, cartridges and other items were recovered. He said, “Intelligence gathered on some kidnapping incidents in the Warri axis revealed that it is being carried out by one suspect named…

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Police Presence In Ughelli North Has Reduced Kidnapping Drastically – CP Abaniwonda

DELTA state Commissioner of Police, Mr Abaniwonda Olufemi, has revealed that the massive deployment and presence of police at checkpoints has reduced kidnapping activities in Ughelli and its environs. He made this revelation during a familiarization visit to the Ughelli Area Command in Ughelli North Local Government Area. According to CP Abaniwonda, “There has been a number of issues here, at a stage within the last two months or thereabout, and i have to send a special team to come and coexist here because almost everyday, people are being kidnapped.…

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Local Security Recover Corpses Of Killed Police Officers In Delta By Herdsmen

  The corpse of some of the killed police officers drafted from IRT Abuja, PMF 51 Oghara and Anti-Kidnapping Squad, Asaba in Delta state to rescue the three missing officers in Ohoror community, have been recovered by at by a team of local security agents In Ughelli North Local Government Area of the state. Though the identity of the decomposing deceased officers recovered from the bush could not be ascertained as at the time of this report, but it was gathered that the combined team stormed the forest on Sunday…

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Herdsmen Ambush, Kill Six Police In Delta Community

  Six police officers drafted from Force Headquarters, Abuja and Delta State Police command, Asaba have been allegedly ambushed by suspected Fulani herdsmen at Agadama community in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. Politicsgovernance.com learned that the killed six officers were among 15 others in search of the missing three Mobile police officers, Inspector Felix Onogho, Inspector Hamidu Joel and Inspector Emmanuel Okoroafor, drafted from PMF 51, Oghara to a nipping point at the Ohoror axis of the East-West road in Ughelli North on January 24. Some of…

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