The newly posted Divisional Police Officer in Agbarho Division in Delta State with some of his men have been reportedly ambushed and shot dead by a kidnap syndicate.
The incident reportedly occurred around 1 am Monday, two days after the DPO identified as CSP Jega resumed office at the Agbarho Divisional Command.
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PUNCH Metro gathered that the deceased DPO together with the DPO, Orerokpe division, CSP Paul, had jointly led their men for a kidnap rescue operation at about 1:am in the early hours of Monday, during which they were ambushed by members of the kidnap syndicate, at a location close to the Agbarho rail station.
The suspected kidnappers were said to have greeted the security teams with sporadic gunshots.
In the exchange of fire, the new DPO and some policemen were reportedly killed while the Orerokpe DPO missed death by the whiskers and was rushed to an undisclosed hospital where doctors are presently battling to save his life.
When contacted, the police public relations officer for Delta State Command, SP Bright Edafe, confirmed the gory incident.
“They (the police team) were ambushed. But it’s only the DPO that we lost,” he stated.
