Kidnappers kill, maim police officers in Delta

Kidnappers kill, maim police officers in Delta

In what seemed like an act in a Nollywood crime movie, gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers, laid an ambush for a team of police officers on a rescue operation, sent a senior police officer to an untimely death, maimed others, and disappeared into thin air.

What materialized last week in Delta State had all the trappings of make-believe, but it was not a big screen shoot, it was real.

In the early hours of Monday, at about 1.00 am, a group of daring abductors, who knew that police officers were tracking them, laid in wait for the law enforcement agents on a rescue operation, near a train station at Agbarho community, opened fire on the team, and shot dead a newly-posted Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Agbarho Police Division.

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The slain DPO, according to reports, had resumed duty in Agbarho two days before his untimely death.

The gunmen also shot and injured the DPO, Orerokpe Police Division, CSP Paul Oboware, and other police officers involved in a rescue operation. They were hospitalized at the time of this report.

Almost a week after the hair-raising incident, there was no clue on the whereabouts of the hostage takers, but a combined team of police and soldiers have been deployed to track them down.

The episode has sent shockwaves down the spine of residents, who have been subjected to the impunity of kidnappers in various parts of the state in recent months.

Kidnappers kill, maim police officers in Delta