Browsing: DSP Bright Edafe

Against the backdrop of information that member so the group planned to mark their annual ‘7/7’ (Boogie Night) on July 7, the Divisional Police Officer of ‘A’ Division, Warri, CSP T. Y. Mahmud, led men of the divisional Rapid Respond Squad on visibility patrol, and arrested one Oghenewaro Bebe, 21, of 22 of Ughoton area in Okpe Local Government Area in full regalia of Black Axe Confraternity.

It was learnt that on Friday,  at about 1630hrs while team Eagle-net special squad were on routine patrol/stop and search along Ughelli-Port Hacourt Road, intercepted a Mazda 626 saloon car dark green in colour with Reg. No. UGH 722 AA with six occupants of two males and four females all occupants were asked to come down from the vehicle for searching. 

Spokesman for the command, DSP Bright Edafe, who confirmed the attack in a statement, said the hoodlums lobbed Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) at the station and shot sporadically, before setting the police station and the police ablaze.

In a statement by the command’s spokesperson, DSP Bright Edafe, on Sunday, the Police Commissioner said the command is aware  of the threat by members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra to parade themselves in some parts of the state. 

According to a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Bright Edafe, the Divisional Police Officer of Orerokpe Division, SP Ojo Oluwole, had received information that a Toyota Sienna bus, with Reg. No. BWR 301 SU, was under attack by hoodlums armed with AK-47 rifles at Okutolo, Warri-Sapele Road.

According to the police public relations officer, DSP Bright Edafe, the suspects on sighting the police opened fire but they were repelled by the teams. Four suspects, Lucky Eduvire age ‘m’ 31; Freedom Uguru ‘m’ 33; Enita Omogware ‘m’ 38 and Henry Blessing Ovie 25 were arrested, while some others escaped with gunshot injuries.