By Monday Osayande Asaba 18 December 2022 | 5:54 am Operatives of Delta State Police Command have arrested 27-year-old Aaron Okorigwe and five others for alleged kidnapping along Jakpa Road, Ovwian Aladja, near Warri. The Police spokesman, DSP Bright Edafe, who confirmed the arrest, said that they could not give a reasonable account of themselves when Police attached to Ekpan Police Station intercepted them in… Image for illustration purposes only, depicting gunmen. Operatives of Delta State Police Command have arrested 27-year-old Aaron Okorigwe and five others for alleged kidnapping along Jakpa Road, Ovwian Aladja, near Warri. The Police spokesman, DSP Bright Edafe, who confirmed the arrest, said that they could not give a reasonable account of themselves when Police attached to Ekpan Police Station intercepted them in an unregistered Toyota Sienna space bus. The policemen on suspicion subjected them to a search during which three pump action guns, locally made guns, one long axe, seven expended cartridges, nine live cartridges, native charms, three cutlasses, and two number plates were recovered. According to Edafe, the suspects, all male, were thoroughly investigated and later discovered to be hoodlums, who operate under the guise of being members of a hunters’ group from Ovwian Aladja, but sneak into Ekpan Community in a Sienna vehicle to rob and kidnap unsuspecting members of the public. Latest 1 hour ago Kikelomo Atanda-Owo is a journalist and the founder/host of ‘Real Talk With Kike’ on Silverbird and Inspiration FM. She is also the brain behind Z-Edge Limited and Kike Hub Foundation. She spoke on how the live talk show started, authoring two books and using her life experiences to guide others. Before going into entrepreneurship, you… 1 hour ago Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has commissioned the newly installed Waterways Monitoring and Data Management Centre (WMDMC) at the Five Cowrie Terminal – the headquarters of the Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) in Falomo, Ikoyi. The Data Management Centre, which is first of its kind in the country, is a centralised monitoring base for all activities… 1 hour ago A Scholar, Dr. Adewunmi Badiora, has said that poor planning and design of buildings in Lagos are affecting the safety and security of residents. Presenting a paper at the Priority Complex Problems (PCPs) workshop of the African Cities Research Consortium (ACRC) on Lagos: Safety and security domain, Badiora stated that the growth of Lagos has… 1 hour ago Operatives of Delta State Police Command have arrested 27-year-old Aaron Okorigwe and five others for alleged kidnapping along Jakpa Road, Ovwian Aladja, near Warri. The Police spokesman, DSP Bright Edafe, who confirmed the arrest, said that they could not give a reasonable account of themselves when Police attached to Ekpan Police Station intercepted them in… 1 hour ago Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has underscored the need for politicians to play decent politics. He said that in his entire political journey, the use of violence has never been part of measures adopted to attain his political goals. Wike spoke when he inaugurated the Okrika Founder’s Park, yesterday, in Koniju Ama, Okrika Local…
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