By Austin Ogwuda
Delta State Commissioner of Police, CP Wale Abass said his command has put in place tight security measures to withstand any rise in crime activities associated with the ’ember’ months period.
He, however, called on the residents to also cooperate by being alert and ready to offer useful information to the command as proactive step towards crime prevention and control by using dedicated telephone lines released to the public.
According to the Delta Police Public Relations Officer PPRO, Bright Edafe, a Deputy Superintendent of Police DSP in a press statement on Sunday said,
“the command will not fold its arms and watch miscreants break the law. Knowing the ember months are usually marked by an increasing spate of crime, the CP appeals to the general public to be very alert, and that security is everyone’s business.
“He (CP) further reassures the effective dedication in curbing the measure of crime in the state.
‘CP Wale Abass consequently solicits support from the entire citizenry by way of giving useful information to the Police, reaffirming that the command is proactive and working tirelessly to protect the lives and properties of the inhabitants of Delta State”, the statement added.
The following telephone lines described as DEDICATED LINES were released.
• 08036684974; 08125958005; 09053872287 (CONTROL ROOM)
• 08131070122 (POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER).
… kidnap victims rescued
Meanwhile, the PPRO also narrated how the command rescued two kidnap victims held hostage in a forest.
Said he, “on 30/8/2023 at about 1330hours, the DPO Oghara division received a distress call that two persons were suspected to have been kidnapped at Oghara-Ugbenu link road and their whereabouts not known.
“In an ingenious display of crime fighting craft, the Divisional Police Officer of Oghara CSP Olasunkanmi Musiliu, while working on credible and technically generated information, led a combined team of police operatives of the Division, Anti-Cult Unit, SIB Unit, and the local vigilante groups into Oghara-Ugbenu Forest on the 31st of August 2023, at about 11:30 am”.
“The operatives”, the statement went on, “relentlessly combed the forest which forced the kidnappers to abandon the victims and escaped. “The operatives rescued the two kidnapped victims unhurt and have since reunited with their families.
“Four live cartridges; one Tecno Spark phone; one ATM card; and three sim cards of different telecommunication networks were recovered from the scene. Regardless of the rescue, efforts are on top gear to ensure the arrest of the fleeing suspected kidnappers”, he added.