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Police kills four suspects behind Delta DPO’s death, arrests one
Operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) have arrested one Ogaga Dickson, a suspected member of an armed robbery gang that killed a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in Delta State.
Hassan Jega, the DPO Agbarho Police Division in Delta State, n was killed in a gun duel with suspected armed robbers on October 14, 2024.
The Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi said in a statement on Monday in Abuja that the operatives stormed the gang’s den and engaged them in a fierce gun duel.
He added that four members of the gang were killed in the operation.
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Adejobi said: “Upon Ogaga’s arrest, the police recovered one AK 47 rifle, one English pistol, one locally made pistol, ammunition of various calibres, and six exotic vehicles.
“Similarly, police operatives apprehended a child-trafficking syndicate led by one Pastor Dayo Bernard of End Time Army Ministry, Bukuru, Plateau State on the 2nd of December 2024.
“The operation led to the rescue of five children between the ages of 2-4, abducted from various homes in Jos, Plateau State, and the arrest of other members of the syndicate identified as Rita Agboeze, Victoria Ugwu ‘f’, Nanman Puntel, and Peter Ukwuani.
“Upon interrogation, the principal suspect confessed to having abducted and sold 13 children at varying prices, all of whom have been recovered by the police and reunited with their families through the Plateau State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development.”
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