{"id":172571,"date":"2025-08-05T20:56:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T19:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-recover-n8-5m-ransom-from-kidnappers-in-delta"},"modified":"2025-08-05T22:02:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T21:02:13","slug":"police-recover-n8-5m-ransom-from-kidnappers-in-delta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-recover-n8-5m-ransom-from-kidnappers-in-delta","title":{"rendered":"Police recover N8.5m ransom from kidnappers in Delta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Delta State Police Command has confirmed the recovery of N8,500,000 from suspected kidnappers.<\/p>\n<p>The State Commissioner of Police, Olufemi Abaniwonda, disclosed this on Tuesday while briefing newsmen in Asaba on the achievements of the command in July 2025.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, N5,000,000 was recovered on July 12, 2025, at about 6:30 am, when operatives of the Special Anti\u2010Kidnapping and Cybercrime Squad trailed suspected kidnappers to their hideout in Ogwashi\u2010Uku, Aniocha South Local Government Area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA suspected kidnapper, Sanusi Abdulahi, was arrested in possession of the money,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Commissioner of Police stated that the sum was part of the ransom his gang had collected from their last victim.<\/p>\n<p>He further alleged that the gang was responsible for a series of kidnappings in Ibusa, Ogwashi\u2010Uku, Obulu\u2010Okiti, Issele\u2010Uku and Issele\u2010Asagba.<\/p>\n<p>In another development, the police recovered N3,500,000 from suspected kidnappers who had abducted two female polytechnic students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe recovery was made when operatives stormed Ogwashi\u2010Uku forest on Wednesday, July 30, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt about 11 pm, operatives of the Special Anti\u2010Kidnapping and Cybercrime Squad, in collaboration with men of the Nigerian Army attached to the 63 Brigade, embarked on an intelligence\u2010led operation and stormed the Ogwashi\u2010Uku forest, the hideout of suspected kidnappers who abducted two female polytechnic students on July 23, 2025, at Asagba Ogwashi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe combined team engaged the suspects in a gun duel, which led to the death of two of the suspected kidnappers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne AK\u201047 rifle, 39 rounds of live ammunition, and a bag containing N3,500,000 suspected to be ransom collected from one of their victims were recovered,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Delta State Police Command has confirmed the recovery of N8,500,000 from suspected kidnappers. The State Commissioner of Police, Olufemi Abaniwonda, disclosed this on Tuesday while briefing newsmen in Asaba on the achievements of the command in July 2025. According to him, N5,000,000 was recovered on July 12, 2025, at about 6:30 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":172570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[449,2917,254,165],"class_list":["post-172571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-delta","tag-kidnappers","tag-nigeria","tag-police"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Police recover N8.5m ransom from kidnappers in Delta - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Delta State Police Command has confirmed the recovery of N8,500,000 from suspected kidnappers. 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