Kidnappers kill policeman, abandon 6 victims

On August 21, 2013 at 1:03 pm in News
By Emma Amaize
OBIARUKU- SUSPECTED kidnappers on
Tuesday shot dead a policeman in Obiaruku
area of Delta State and seized his rifle.
They, however, escaped with bullet wounds,
abandoning six persons, including the vice
chair of Uhumnwonde Local Government
Council, Edo State, Mr. Walter Aiwekhoe, who
they had earlier abducted, following a gun
battle with men of the Special Anti-Kidnap
team of the Delta State Police Command.
Vanguard learnt that the kidnap/robbery
gang struck in Edo state, where they
kidnapped the six persons, at about 10.00
am, along Ekpoka-Igbanke road, and
entered into Delta state with their captives
in two vehicles, a Sienna space bus and
Primera car.
Commissioner of Police, Delta State, Mr.
Ikechukwu Aduba, who confirmed the
killing of the policeman and rescue of the six
victims to Vanguard on Tuesday night, said,
“The policeman was killed in a separate
incident by the robbers/kidnappers, who
fired indiscriminately.”
It was gathered that the deceased
policeman was in a vehicle handling another
case of pipeline vandalization when the
suspected kidnappers sighted and shot him.
According to Aduba, “The Special Anti-
Kidnap team in Delta state went after the
gang when they entered Delta state and a
gun duel ensued, forcing them to beat a
retreat, abandoning their six victims.”
“While escaping, they opened fire
indiscriminately and a policeman, who was
on a different assignment, was hit and his
rifle carted away,” he said.
Aduba asserted, “Manhunt is on, the
daredevil robbers/kidnappers escaped, the
policeman died before help could reach him,
we have spread our dragnet to nab the
hoodlums.”
A source told Vanguard, “A woman and her
children were among the six victims, she
driving in a KIA Sorento car when she was
abducted with her kids.”