The Delta State Police Command says it has rescued a woman kidnapped by gunmen in the Aladja area of the state.
The spokesperson for the command, SP Bright Edafe, confirmed the development in a statement on Tuesday in Asaba.
He said, “On Monday, October 12, 2025, the DPO Ovian Aladja Police station received a distress call from a man (name withheld ) that on the same Monday, while they were sleeping, armed men broke into his apartment, attacked, robbed, and kidnapped his wife.
“The DPO, CSP Friday Ekundayo, in a swift response, mobilised and led operatives of the division and went after the kidnappers with a view to rescuing the victim unhurt.
“They trailed the kidnappers to a forest along the Iyara community. The kidnappers were forced to abandon the victim and escape. The victim was rescued unhurt and has since been reunited with her family, while the manhunt for the fleeing suspects is ongoing.”
In another development, Edafe said operatives of the command stormed the hideout at the Government Reserved Area, Effurun, in the early hours of Sunday, and arrested two suspected drug peddlers, identified as Igwe Samson and Abalum.
According to him, a search conducted on the suspects’ Sienna vehicle led to the recovery of a large cache of illicit drugs, including 450 bottles of CSP Codeine, 188 bottles of Bargadine, 208 sachets of Tramadol 100mg, 100 sachets of Tramadol 500mg, 300 sachets of Swinol, 50 sachets of Rophynol, and a bag of weeds suspected to be cannabis.
He said the preliminary investigations revealed that the suspects had been in the illegal drug business for about two years, sourcing their supplies from Onitsha and transporting them mostly at night to evade security detection.
“Efforts are ongoing to apprehend other members of the syndicate, including their suppliers and buyers,” Edafe stated.
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