Delta Police Command Re-Arrests Eight Escaped Detainees From Ughelli Facility | Sahara Reporters

“The re-arrest follows concerted intelligence-led tracking and tactical maneuvers launched by police operatives to track down the fleeing fugitives.”

Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have re-arrested eight out of 11 suspects who escaped from lawful custody at a police facility in Ughelli, Delta State.

The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Ani Iniedu, who announced the re-arrest in what he described 24hrs operational successes of the Nigeria Police Force, said feat followed a coordinated, intelligence-led tracking operation by tactical teams dispatched to apprehend the fleeing fugitives.

According to a statement he posted on his X handle on Tuesday, the Force Spokesman said the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) in Asaba has commenced a thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding the escape and subsequent re-arrest.

“The re-arrest follows concerted intelligence-led tracking and tactical maneuvers launched by police operatives to track down the fleeing fugitives.”

According to the Force Public Relations Officer, the case remains under active investigation by the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) in Asaba. The breakthrough in Delta State formed part of a series of nationwide anti-crime achievements recorded by police tactical units across multiple states over the preceding 24 to 48 hours.

Giving a breakdown, Iniedu also stated that in Benue State, police teams conducting search and rescue missions along the Otukpo–Adoka Road engaged a gang of bandits in a gun duel inside the Amla Icho Forest, Otukpo Local Government Area.

One suspected bandit was neutralised, while operatives recovered an AK-47 rifle bearing breech number 7969 alongside three rounds of live ammunition.

In Oyo State, tactical teams arrested a suspected arms fabricator at his hideout in Ajo Village, Sanyo area of Ibadan, recovering five locally fabricated single-barrel guns and live cartridges.

A separate raid at Olupeju area, Kudeti, Ibadan, led to the arrest of an armed robbery suspect found with a Beretta pistol and a locally made gun.

He said that relief came for 12 abducted individuals in Kogi State after sustained pressure by security forces forced their captors to release them at Abocho, Dekina LGA.

According to him, the victims were debriefed at the Divisional Police Headquarters and subsequently reunited with their families.

In the Federal Capital Territory, he said the police officers on disguised patrol along Constitution Avenue apprehended three suspected vandals caught destroying public infrastructure. FCT operatives also intervened at Karsana District to rescue a motorist from a mob attack following a traffic accident.

Other significant recoveries across the country include; Niger State, where he said operatives recovered an AK-47 rifle, two magazines, 19 rounds of live ammunition, and 55 rounds of RPG live ammunition along criminal routes in Crusher Genu Village, Rijau LGA.

In Anambra State, he said the Command arrested a 49-year-old male suspect in Obosi, Idemili North LGA, with a pump-action gun and 50 live cartridges.

Also in Delta State, the Command’s operatives arrested a suspect caught illegally dumping oil-contaminated sludge along the Ughelli/Iyede Expressway and impounded the truck involved.

In Ogun State, he said the surveillance teams arrested three suspects over the theft of an unregistered motorcycle from a farm.

Marine police teams in Bayelsa State, command he said responded to a boat collision in Southern Ijaw LGA, recovering a capsized canoe and detaining the boat captain and two crew members for questioning.

CSP Iniedu assured that the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) units across the country have launched detailed investigations into all arrested suspects and recovered exhibits to ensure prompt prosecution.