Herdsmen Kidnap 3 Policemen in Delta state

By Nelson Utip

Suspected herdsmen have abducted three mobile policemen attached to PMF 51, Oghara in Ohoror area along the East-West Road in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. The kidnappers made away with the service AK47 rifles with ammunition belonging to the abducted officers. The abducted police officers were members of a team of six mobile officers assigned to the Ughelli-Patani Road nipping point, they were attending to a distress call when they were reportedly abducted into the bush by the suspected herdsmen.

“While they were at the tipping point, a young man simply identified as Moses Progress, 22, from the Uwheru community came to inform the team that he was robbed of his OPPO phone and money by suspected herdsmen under a nearby bridge close to their point while performing rituals to the god of the river. “Consequently, the leader of the patrol team reportedly detailed the three inspectors to follow the complainant to the scene, armed with their AK-47 rifles.

“While waiting for the return of the three inspectors, the team later saw the complainant on a speeding motorcycle without our men.

“He was stopped to inquire about the three mobile police officers who went with him.

It was at that juncture that he told them that, when they got to the scene, they were attacked at the bush by six herdsmen, and he had to escape while the policemen ran in different directions. “When he told our men that he did not know the whereabouts of the police officers who went with him, there was no option than to arrest him after they called for backup,” A volunteer told Newsmen.