While displaying the corpses of four men suspected to be kidnappers on Sunday in Asaba, Mr Ikechukwu Aduba, Delta Commissioner of Police, declared a war against armed robbers and kidnappers.He said that the four men were shot dead about noon following a reprisal attack by the joint patrol team of the Police at Issele Mkpitime, Aniocha North Local Government Area of the state.
He said that the police recovered three AK 47 rifles, Pump Action gun, 15 AK 47 magazines and 341 rounds of live ammunition as well as six live cartridges, and six Nokia phones.
Also recovered were a Toyota Avalon car with Reg. No. EPE 217 AZ and a Golf car with Reg. No. SB164 KJA.
Aduba, who assumed duty in the state on Thursday, said that he observed that the state was under the siege of armed robbers and kidnappers and promised to return fire for fire to the bandits.
“What is expected of me is fire for fire against armed robbers and kidnappers and this is an appropriate time to warn that my clinical approach will be very ruthless with the hoodlums.
“I have discovered that what we have here is no peace, what we have is relative peace and I cannot take it. The state is under siege and we cannot take it.
“At Issele Mkpitime also we got a distress call and a joint petrol team of Police and the military were deployed.
“And when our men got there they were attacked by the bandits and we had to retaliate and four of the robbers were gunned down,’’ he said.
He lamented the gun attack that took place in Sapele, on Saturday when some unidentified gunmen went to a drinking parlour and opened fire on the people, killed four persons and injured two others.
He warned that this kind of situation would no longer be tolerated, adding that the command would sanction any divisional police officer found culpable.
“I am overhauling the command; there will be presence of our men 24 hours across the nooks and crannies of the state and I have already ordered them to move out.
“And I will sanction any divisional police officer; once there are three cases in your area I will move you, so they must sit up. If you allow hoodlums to take over your station I will move you out,” he said.
Aduba said the state command would deploy patrol teams to the highways to stop and search any suspected vehicle in line with the directives of the Inspector-General of Police.
He said without peace there would be no development, while promising tougher times for the armed bandits and kidnappers, he advised them to go into agriculture rather than take to crime
The commissioner called on the public and royal fathers to assist the Police by giving them useful information to enable the force to serve them better.
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