Delta police dismantles shrine, arrest suspects, recover guns, daggers, battle axe

From Joe Obukata Ogbodu Warri
Operatives of the Command Anti-Cult Unit (CACU) of the Delta State Police Command, have arrested one Chukwuka Nzete (aka “Ododo”) of Isupe Community, Ndokwa West LGA, who was suspected of involvement in the illegal sale and proliferation of firearms.
The suspect allegedly operated a shrine where suspected criminal elements were fortified.
State Police Public Relations Officer SP Bright Edafe who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, said that the suspect was arrested following an intelligence-led operation on 9th September 2026.
Edafe said “A search of the suspect’s residence led to the recovery of one pump-action gun, four dagger knives, one battle axe and pots containing substances suspected to be charms.
“The suspect was taken into custody, while investigation is ongoing to unravel the full extent of his activities and possible links with other criminal elements”.
He said that operatives of the Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU), acting on credible intelligence, also stormed a residence in Obiaruku following information that the occupant was in possession of a firearm and ammunition on 12th September 2026.
Edafe said that the suspect, Joel Iwomi, 36 years, of Umuebu, Obiaruku, resisted the operatives’ attempt to gain access to the premises.
“The operatives, however, successfully gained entry and conducted a search, during which one pump-action gun and eighteen (18) live cartridges were recovered. The suspect was arrested and taken into custody. Investigation is ongoing”, the statement reads.
The Commissioner of Police, Delta State Command, CP Samuel E. Erale, in his remarks, reaffirmed the command’s resolve to deny criminal elements access to illicit firearms and other weapons capable of threatening public safety.
The CP further called on residents to remain vigilant and promptly provide credible information on suspicious persons, illegal firearms and criminal activities within their communities, assuring that all actionable information will be treated with the necessary confidentiality.

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