One person has been killed by operatives of the Delta State Police Command over alleged kidnapping in Ughelli, Warri axis of the state.

Also, three other suspects with severe gunshot injuries were arrested.

The development was conveyed on Tuesday by the Police Public Relations Officer, Bright Edafe, via his official Twitter page.

According to the police, one AK47 rifle, 18 eighteen rounds of 7.6MM ammunition, one double barrel locally made gun and one suspected stolen GLK Benz were recovered from the suspects.

Furthermore, Edafe said the operatives recovered other items like 11 Android phones, two botton phones, one long knife, two bottles of codeine, two wraps of weed suspected to be Indian hemp

The statement partly read, “Following reports of kidnapping and armed robbery operations in Ughelli, Warri and environs, the Deputy Commissioner of Police operations, DCP Johnson Adenola, mandated all divisional police officers in the Command to gather intelligence and ensure that this ugly trend is nipped in the bud.

“In compliance with this directive, on 30/04/2023 at about 13 00hrs, acting on information received via intelligence gathered on an armed robbery gang that snatched one AK47 rifle from a police officer and also allegedly kidnapped and murdered one Godspower Emmanuel ‘m’ after collecting four hundred thousand naira (#400,000) ransom was sited at a hotel in Agbarho, the DPO Ovwian Aladja division, CSP Aliyu Shaba mobilized and led detectives to the area in search of them.”

The statement added that investigations were ongoing in the case.

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Police go don execute the 3 of them by now if dem never charge them to court