Delta cops recover stolen money

The police in Delta State on Thursday said their men have recovered N117,000 out of the N900,000 that a victim lost to armed robbers on Wednesday in Warri.

The Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Celestina Kalu, told our correspondent that the police at Enerhen traced the robbers after the victim reported the incident to them.


She said the victim, Mr. Akpome Gabriel, reported that four armed men operating in a black Toyota Camry robbed him of N900,000 at gunpoint at Okorodudu junction, Effurun.
“Sequel to the report, a patrol team was alerted and immediately moved after the hoodlums. The hoodlums on sighting the patrol team around Hotel De Mark, Warri opened fire on them and in the ensuing gunbattle, one of the hoodlums, later identified as Alex Akuraku , was arrested, while the rest escaped,” Kalu said.

The PPRO said apart from the money, the police also recovered: one AK-47 rifle, one cut-to-size double-barrelled gun and one Toyota Camry marked, LAGOS, KJA 278 B5, among others.
She said efforts were on to track down other suspects.