Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have arrested some suspected members of a bandit group that killed two officers at Oleh roundabout who were on stop-and-search duty on Saturday.
According to a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, Delta State Command, DSP Bright Edafe on Monday, the Police operatives were attached to Dragon Patrol Team.
The statement said: “On 23/7/2023, at about 11:40 hours, while on stop-and-search duty at Oleh roundabout, suspected bandits shot and killed two operatives and set the patrol vehicle ablaze.
“The Commissioner of Police, Delta State, CP Wale Abass, detailed a combined team of Policemen attached to Ozoro Area Command, Dragon Patrol, to go after the attackers.
“With the support of troops from the Nigerian Army, 63 Brigade and members of the local vigilance, the men swung into action. During the operation, the combined team engaged the hoodlums in a serious gun duel, subdued the hoodlums who fled into the bush having been inflicted with gunshot injuries.”
“The team traced their blood to a river where one AK-47 rifle was recovered on the same date of the incident. The response team sustained the tempo and continued the operation on 24/7/2023.
“Acting on credible intelligence, they stormed Erowa community bush in Isoko-North LGA where they engaged the remnant of the bandits in serious gun duel, neutralized one of them, arrested two others, recovered two more AK-47 rifles, one Assault rifle, four magazines and twelve 7.62 AK-47 ammunition. Effort is still on to track down other members of the syndicate”, it added.
