Operatives of the Special Anti-kidnapping and cyber crime squad of the Delta State Police Command have botched a kidnappers’ syndicate hibernating in Ogwashi-Ukwu forests in Oshimili North Local Government Area and arrested five suspects while N5m ransom was recovered from the gangsters.
Online gathered that the Special Anti-kidnapping and cyber crime squad, led by CSP Godwin Osadolor, on July 12, 2025, at about 0630hrs, trailed suspected kidnappers terrorising Delta State to one of their hideouts at Ogwashi-Ukwu.
On arrival at the location, a suspected kidnapper named Sanusi Abdulahi was arrested in possession of ransom of N5million, which was part of the ransom the gangsters collected from one of their victims.
The Police Public Relations Officer in Delta State, SP Bright Edafe, in a signed statement made available to journalists in Warri on Tuesday, said that “preliminary investigation revealed that the suspects were allegedly responsible for a series of kidnappings at Ibusa Ogwash-Ukwu, Obulu-Okiti, Isele-Ukwu, Isele-Asagba and most recently the kidnapping of a young lady at Ogwashi-Ukwu on the 9th of July, 2025.
The suspect led the operatives to their hideout at the second Deputy, and Oko in Asaba, where four other members of his gang were also arrested, the PPRO affirmed, adding that the investigation is ongoing.”
