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NEWS: DELTA POLICE KILL TWO SUSPECTED KIDNAPPERS DURING A GUN DUEL.

Two suspected kidnappers were killed in a gun duel with the Delta State Police Command on September 30, 2025, The police operatives were conducting an intelligence-led operation in the Upper-Agbarho axis of Ughelli and environs. The suspects, Abubakar Musa and Yusuf Sale, were arrested and later led the police to a bush in Upper Agbarho, where they recovered an AK-47 rifle, a pump-action gun, and a locally made pistol. When the operatives were about to leave with the suspects, other gang members ambushed them, leading to a fierce gun duel.

Two police operatives sustained injuries, and the suspects were also shot and later died while receiving treatment. The police recovered an AK-47 rifle with 43 rounds of live ammunition, a pump-action gun, and a locally made pistol.


“On their way out of the bush, the operatives met an ambush by other members of the gang, and in an attempt to free the suspects already in custody, the operatives engaged the suspects in a fierce gun duel, where the suspects and some members of their gang who came to rescue them sustained gunshot injuries. Two police operatives who sustained gunshot injuries are presently receiving treatment.

The injured suspects were also taken to the hospital, where they died while receiving treatment”. Bright Edafe, Police Public Relations Officer reported on Monday in Warri.
The police are still searching for other fleeing members of the gang, and the investigation is ongoing.

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