CP Wale Abass, identifying the luxurious sport utility vehicle (SUV), at the command headquarters in Asaba.
By : Our Asaba Correspondent
Kudos have been showered to the Nigeria Police, Delta State Command as they beefed up surveillance to recover the stolen Mecedes Benz SUV, after it was driven away by a suspect at a car stand in Abuja, the federal capital territory.
The Commissioner of Police Wale Abass, made this known at the Command Headquarters in Asaba, during the parade of some suspects and media briefing on the achievements of the police within the past months.
The Commissioner of Police Wale Abass, said the suspect involved in the stealing of a luxury car in Abuja, is still under investigation after he had pretended to be a buyer before absconding with the vehicle at a car stand.
CP Abass explained that “Operatives of the CP-DECOY Squad stormed Ughelli town and recovered the said Mecedes Benz SUV, abandoned in the bush.
“Serious manhunt for the suspect is ongoing.”
CP Abass also briefed the media about the arrest of a 42 year old human trafficking suspect Marvelous Ebangwe, following complaints about the disappearance of two young girls at Effurun in Uvwie, after they went for a church program.
According to Delta CP “the suspect specializes in trafficking young girls to other African countries. The suspect stated that the victims are presently in Senegal.
“Investigation to retrieve those children back is equally ongoing.”
While the human trafficking suspect Marvelous Ebangwe expressed regret over his actions, a member of a fraud syndicate Onyeaka Ani, who had participated in defrauding a lady and had stolen her bank cards, observed that he joined the business to seek revenge, after he fell victim to fraudsters.
[Marvelous Ebangwe]
“To help them to these African country; is it Mali, or Senegal. Getting there they say it is was a prostitution job, that they didn’t want to do, so we ordered them to come back.”
[Onyeaka Ani]
(Translated): “I was duped, so I sought revenge.”
Others paraded at the command Headquarters include the wife of a former local government vice Chairman Gladys Otomiewor, at whose compound the police had discovered several arms and ammunition.
Four Hundred and Eighty Nine ammunition and Four Hundred and Sixty Nine cartridges were discovered within the period, including five AK47 rifles, twenty four locally made guns and four pump action, as well as the recovery of eight stolen vehicles
