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Five suspects have been arrested by the Delta State Police Command in connection with the abduction of a 70-year-old woman and collecting N7.9m as ransom before releasing her.

The suspects have been identified as Dominic Uweru "m" Alias Ovwolo 48yrs, Isaac Oghenerukevwe ‘m' Alias Plug 34yrs, Oviri Godstime "m" 25yrs, Junior Sunday ‘m’ and Efedeki Adjovo ‘m.

The spokesperson of the command, SP Bright Edafe, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, September 17, 2024, said four locally fabricated guns, N450,000 and other items were recovered from the suspects.

According to the PPRO, the suspects were arrested by a crack squad attached to the Ughelli Area Command at a brothel in Weu town in Ughelli South Local Government Area of the state.

"On 12/09/2024 at about 0130hrs Crack Squad attached to Area Command Ughelli acting on a tip off, stormed a brothel cum criminal hideout in Ewu town Ughelli South LGA and arrested five suspects namely; Dominic Uweru "m" Alias Ovwolo 48YRS, Isaac Oghenerukevwe ‘m' Alias Plug 34yrs, Oviri Godstime "m" 25yrs, Junior Sunday ‘m’ and Efedeki Adjovo ‘m’," the statement read.

"One single barrel gun, three locally made cut-to-size gun, cash sum of Four hundred and fifty thousand naira (#450,000.00) ransom one Moniepoint POS machine, one OPAY POS machine, wraps of weeds suspected to be Indian hemp.

“They confessed to various armed robbery/kidnapping operations in Ughelli and environs, including the kidnap of a 70-year-old woman (name withheld) who they kidnapped on 08/09/2024 and collected the sum of Seven million, Nine hundred thousand naira ransom (#7,900,000) on 10/9/2024 before her release. The suspects are in custody and investigation is ongoing.”