A two-year-old child identified as Ridwan Ibrahim who went missing while playing with other children in the compound of her sister whom he went to visit has been rescued.
Nigeriacrime.com learned the toddler was rescued after a resident of Jaret in Asaba, reported the incident to Delta State police command on 2nd August 2023.
Confirming the incident, the DSP Bright Edafe, Police Public Relations Officer Delta State Command, and the Commissioner of Police Delta State CP Wale Abass, detailed operatives of SIB to embark on an intelligence-led investigation. The team swung into action, analyzing the phone conversation of some suspected person. Consequently, on 3/8/2023, two suspects namely Mallam Sa’ad Ahmed Baba aged 57 of no. 12 Lagos Street, cable point Asaba and Halima Abubakar aged 25 years of Jaret cable point Asaba were arrested, and child was rescued at Issele-Asagba where they hid the child. The investigation is ongoing.
In a related development on August 3rd, 2023 at about 7: 00 PM the DPO Orerokpe received information that Ifeoma Sunday A’K’A COCO, a suspected notorious cultist who has been terrorising Aghalokpe community and also wanted for his involvement in an earlier reported case of attempted murder, Arson, Armed Robbery, was sighted in the community parading with a gun. The DPO Orerokpe mobilised and led patrol teams to the community where the suspect was arrested and one locally made cut-to-size single-barrel gun and one expended cartridge were recovered from him. The suspect and exhibit are in custody while the investigation is ongoing.
Meanwhile, CP Wale abass urges parents and guardians to be cautious and pay close attention to their children and wards in other not to fall victim while assuring residents that the Command will not allow these criminal syndicates to thrive in the State. The CP therefore calls for support from members of the public especially in the area of providing credible, timely, and useful information that will aid in crime fighting to the Police.