The Delta State Police Command has arrested two men who appeared in a viral video smoking what appeared to be marijuana while sitting on a police patrol van and making obscene gestures at law enforcement officers. The suspects, 34-year-old Patrick Asini and 20-year-old Tega Ojo, were picked up after the video surfaced on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter), …

Special Adviser (SA) to Governor Sheriff Oborevwori on Trade and Export, Mrs Shimitte Love, has been confirmed dead. Though the circumstances leading to her death are hazy at the time of filing this report, there are fingers pointing to her husband, Pastor Love, as being behind Shimitte’s death. When contacted, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Delta State Command, …

A 26-year-old lady, Rachael, has narrated how she sold her two-week-old baby for N600,000, due to her inability to cater for her. The baby, it was revealed, was sold for N4 million to a 42-year-old woman seeking to adopt a child, but the mother, it was learned, was only given N600,000. Rachael, a resident of Asaba, Delta State, was paraded …

The Delta State Police Command has apprehended five suspects involved in the theft of a luxurious bus owned by the logistics company Young Shall Grow Motors. The suspects who were paraded at Ekpan Police Station in the Ube Local Government Area were alleged to have plotted to steal and dismantle the vehicle for sale. Speaking during a parade of the …

Police operatives have foiled an attempt by suspected kidnappers to abduct guests at the graduation ceremony of the Delta State Polytechnic, Oghara, Ethiope West Local Government Area of the state. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the state command, Mr. Bright Edafe, confirmed this in a statement, yesterday. He said: “On 13 August 2024, while students of Delta State Polytechnic, …

Delta State Police Command has rescued 23 teenagers lured into prostitution by a human trafficking syndicate from a hotel in Ughelli, Delta State. The command’s spokesperson, Superintendent of Police (SP) Bright Edafe said in a statement yesterday that the rescue effort followed a tip-off on the activities of the prime suspect identified simply as Chinyere and currently at large. Edafe …

The Delta State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Superintendent Bright Edafe, has warned that engaging in sexual intercourse with either a boy or girl under 13 years old is considered defilement and is punishable by law with a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. Edafe made this known in a post on X.com on Sunday. He emphasized that consent is not …

The Delta State Police Command has commenced a manhunt to arrest one Sankey Ovemureye for allegedly killing his six-year-old daughter, Abigail Stanley. In a statement on Sunday, the command’s spokesperson, Superintendent Edafe Bright said that the incident happened on Saturday and was reported by the brother to the fleeing suspect. The statement read: “The DPO on receipt of the complaint, …

The Delta State Police Command, on Wednesday, announced the arrest of nine Delta youths for allegedly attacking its officers and destroying the vehicle of the Force. The state Public Relations Officer, Deputy Superintendent Bright Edafe disclosed this via his X handle, adding that the head of one of its officers was broken in the attack. Explaining the incident, Edafe stated …

Delta State Police Command has paraded 67 gay suspects, arrested at an alleged gay wedding in a hotel in the Uvwie Local Government Area of the state. The state Police spokesman, Deputy Superintendent Bright Edafe said they would be prosecuted in line with laws related to anti-gay issues. He said about 100 of them were arrested but at the end …