Police nab rapist, kidnapper in Delta

Command has rescued a kidnap victim at Okpara in Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State, shooting one of the suspected kidnappers in the process as others fled the scene with bullet wounds.

The Police also arrested a suspected rapist, Gbenga Anaorin, 39, at Okpanam for defiling a two-year-old girl at Okpanam.

In a statement yesterday by Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Celestina Kalu, the command said: “On October 5, at about 9a.m., the DPO, Isiokolo Division, ASP Iwok Ndifereke, received distress call that a man, later identified as one Abemu Gabriel ‘m’ of Oviore community, who is a teacher with Oruodo Primary School in Ethiope council, was kidnapped along the rail line at Okpara, by unknown gunmen.

“The DPO mobilised his men, blocked all exit routes in the area and went after the hoodlums with his patrol team.
“The team caught up with the hoodlums at Utiuyo village in Okpara, where the criminals on sighting the policemen opened fire.

“In the ensuing gun battle one of the hoodlums was fatally wounded, while the other suspects escaped, and the victim was rescued.”

Kalu said the victim, who is in shock, was receiving medical attention in a hospital, while efforts were on to track down the fleeing criminals.