Three mobile policemen attached to PMF 51, Oghara, have been reportedly abducted by suspected herdsmen in the Ohoror community of the East-West Road in the Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State.

Sunday Special gathered that the kidnappers also carted away the service AK47 rifles with ammunition of the policemen who were marched into the bush.

It was learnt that the kidnapped cops were part of a team of six mobile policemen drafted to the Ughelli-Patani Road nipping point.

It was also learnt that the news of the abduction created tension in the community.

A police source said the cops were whisked away while attending to a distress call.

“While they were at the tipping point, a young man simply identified as Moses Progress, 22, from the Uwheru community came to inform the team that he was robbed of his OPPO phone and money by suspected herdsmen under a nearby bridge close to their point while performing rituals to the god of the river.

“Consequently, the leader of the patrol team reportedly detailed the three inspectors to follow the complainant to the scene, armed with their AK-47 rifles.


“While waiting for the return of the three inspectors, the team later saw the complainant on a speeding motorcycle without our men,” the source said.

“He was stopped to inquire about the three mobile police officers who went with him. It was at that juncture that he told them that, when they got to the scene, they were attacked at the bush by six herdsmen and he had to escape while the policemen ran in different directions.

“When he told our men that he did not know the whereabouts of the police officers who went with him, there was no option than to arrest him after they called for backup,” the source added.

The Police Public Relations Officer for the Delta State command, Bright Edafe, could not be reached for comments on the incident as of the time of filing this report.

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The Nigerian security forces are not willing to tackle the Fulani herdsmen problem, they'll rather be playing politics in the name of tackling IPOB while real insecurity problems gets worse.

This story is somehow.

When we got to the place six herdsmen attacked three trained Nigeria policemen with AK47,and they disappeared. That boy should be questioned very well.

Very disheartening.

Nawa oo even police

Nigeria police force is very ragtag ,ill-trained and useless .

They don't know how to move with stealth .

The only excuse here is maybe they shot at the herdsmen and the bullet did not enter and then they were marched into the bush and disarmed .

This explanation is also very funny , too

Lolzzzz.. The kind of things wee hear in this country ehn.. Herdsmen robbed and kidnapped armed Policemen Do the Police read these things they write to hear how they sound? The Police claim they saw the complainant on a "speeding" motorcycle without their men and the boy told them they were attacked and all ran in different directions but somehow the report claims the policemen has their rifles taken and then marched into the bush

Let's come together and do crowd funding for the release of our gallant policemen.

Nbotee:
Lolzzzz.. The kind of things wee hear in this country ehn.. Herdsmen robbed and kidnapped armed Policemen Do the Police read these things they write to hear how they sound? The Police claim they saw the complainant on a "speeding" motorcycle without their men and the boy told them they were attacked and all ran in different directions but somehow the report claims the policemen has their rifles taken and then marched into the bush

Read to understand


“Consequently, the leader of the patrol team reportedly detailed the three inspectors to follow the complainant to the scene, armed with their AK-47 rifles.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

The leader of the patrol team was the one that questioned the boy and arrested the boy

freemanq:
Nawa oo even police

Nigeria is no longer safe. They should legalize gun in Nigeria so that citizens can defend themselves

rdsco:
Karma

I believe those policemen were at the check point to collect roja as usual but Nemesis caught up with them very fast

For bandits to be successfully kidnapping police it means there are sell outs or informants among the police giving bandits information about their next move