Six alleged armed men have been killed by the Police that operates along the Patani-Ughelli highway, near the UNENENURHEI axis in Delta.
A statement from the Public Relations officer of the State Police SP Bright EDAFE said the detectives in a sting operation on July 9, 2025, the hiding place of a Solomon Danisco was well known, also known as “Picol Ewu.
During the operation, the suspects, strongly armed, hired the agents into a fierce duel of weapons during which the suspects and their gangs suffered serious injuries of shots.
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The statement said that injured criminals were taken to the hospital, where six of them were confirmed dead, while two others are still receiving treatment.
The exhibition recovered from them includes four local weapons and nineteen rounds of living cartridges.
Meanwhile, an alleged Kingpin of Kidnapping, a Sanusi Abdulahi was arrested in Ogwashi Uku, Delta state and a rescue of N5,000,000) recovered from it by a special cyber crime and anti-Kidnapping crime squad.
The recovered amount was part of the rescue they collected from one of their victims.
According to the Spafe's statement, a preliminary investigation revealed that the gang was allegedly responsible for a series of kidnappings in Ibusa Ogwash-Ukwu, Obulu-Okiti, Isele-UKWU, Isele-Asagba and more recently of the kidnapping of a young lady in Ogwash-Rekwu on July 9, 2025.
It was said that the alleged king of the kidnapped led the agents headed by the CSP Godwin Osadolor to his hiding place in the second deputy, and Oko in Asaba, Delta Capital City, where four other members of his gang were also arrested even when the investigation is ongoing..