The Governor’s warning came just as a viral video released recently by the suspected kidnappers showed Ogiasa crying for help inside a shallow grave with his hands and legs tied.
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The command’s spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, issued the warning in a statement he issued on Wednesday.
The CP presented the money to the next-of-kins of the dead officers at the Police Command’s headquarters in Yenagoa on behalf of the Inspector General of Police, (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba.
The suspected traffic robbers were nabbed on Wednesday by operatives of the Ifako Division of the State Command.
The clash between the soldiers and mobile policemen attached to Bayelsa State Vigilante Service (BSVS) occurred at the popular Tombia-Etegwe Roundabout in the state capital.
The raid was allegedly conducted by troops of 5th Battalion, 16 Brigade Nigerian Army over the weekend.
The command’s spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin , a superintendent of police made this known in a statement.
The Corps stated in clear terms that its operatives who were on duty on Saturday, June 18, arrested two persons, including one Tope Aderibigbe aka “Say War” aged 36, in connection with thuggery and another 42-years old Oguntoyinbo Bilikisu for vote-buying.
The trio were intercepted by operatives of the Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Corps in Opebi, Ikeja following a tip off
These mischief-makers and warmongers Alabi declared have devised “ghoulish” plans to release to the public at regular intervals concocted social media messages alleging stockpiling of arms and an impending attack on the State.
It was gathered that one of the commercial drivers who has been contravened for a serious traffic offense raised a false alarm to his colleagues; other commercial vehicle operators, which lead to the attack of the traffic personnel on duty at New Garage Area, Challenge.
Rahaman, 29, after faking his own kidnap travelled to Lugbe Abuja where he made a video of himself in captivity, which was sent to his co-worker. His accomplice Usman Sheidu ‘m’ aged 32 who demanded N5m ransom but got N150,000 after extensive negotiation has equally been arrested.
The police in its response hit that the content of the voice note was entirely false and mischievous, designed to cause panic
The two were nabbed in the early hours of May 22, 2022 inside an unregistered mini bus, popularly known as Korope.