Delta State Police Command has intensified its war on drug trafficking after operatives raided a suspected drug den and arrested five suspects, recovering several illicit substances during the operation. The incident occurred on 8th September 2026 in King Zanga, Ugbuegwai community, Warri, following credible intelligence about illegal drug activities at an uncompleted building in the area. Police spokesman SP Bright Edafe confirmed the raid, stating that the Divisional Surveillance Team conducted the operation based on prior tips from reliable sources.

Edafe said: “At about 1945hrs on 2nd September 2026, the Sapele Division received a distress report that a woman had been ambushed by armed men at the entrance of... The post Police rescue abducted woman, arrest eight suspects, recover guns, drugs in Delta appeared first on Tribune Online.

Operatives of Delta State Police Command’s Violent Crime Response Unit, VCRU, have arrested a 56-year old suspect, Lucky Oyiboka for the alleged distribution of illicit drugs in Owa-Abbi Community in Ukwani Local Government Area. The suspect was arrested on 8th August 2026, DAILY POST can report. The Police also recovered from the suspect, 21 bags of weed suspected to be Indian hemp while the suspect is currently in police custody. Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, Bright Edafe confirmed the report in a statement sent to newsmen in Warri. The Police PRO said, “On 8th August 2026, operatives of the Command’s Violent Crime Response Unit, VCRU, acting on credible and actionable intelligence, carried out an intelligence-led raid on a suspected criminal hideout at Owa-Abbi in Ukwani Local Government Area.”

A plot to abduct a pastor and retired school principal in Ughelli, Delta State, has been nipped in the bud by the police. A statement by the state police public relations officer, SP Bright Edafe, on Wednesday said one 26-year-old Jeremiah Kwane had allegedly attempted to recruit an individual into a kidnapping syndicate with a […] The post Police foil kidnap plot against pastor, recover arms, ammunition in Delta appeared first on Tribune Online.

The police said other abandoned exhibits were seven vehicles, six cell phones, suspected cult regalia and other personal effects. The police command in Delta State has foiled a suspected cult initiation at Orogun, Ughelli North Local Government Area of the state. Mr Edafe, a superintendent of police, said the initiation was thwarted on Sunday by operatives of the command’s Quick Response Squad (QRS) in an intelligence-led operation.

Operatives of the Delta State Police Command’s Quick Response Squad have foiled a suspected cult initiation ceremony in a forest within Orogun Community, Ughelli North Local Government Area. The Operatives also recovered one pump-action gun, one cut-to-size double-barrel gun, seven live cartridges, two expended cartridges, seven vehicles, six mobile phones, suspected cult regalia and other personal effects. The Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bright Edafe confirmed the report in a statement sent to newsmen in Warri. The Police image maker said, “The Delta State Police Command has foiled a suspected cult initiation ceremony and recovered firearms, ammunition, seven vehicles and other exhibits during an intelligence-led operation in Orogun Community, Ughelli North Local Government Area.”

The Delta State Police Command has arrested a content creator, Ifeanyi Ogbonna, popularly known as “Odogwu of Asaba,” in connection with the alleged rape of a 20-year-old woman, identified as Favour Agbro, who later died after reportedly taking a toxic substance. The command’s spokesperson, SP Bright Edafe, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Wednesday, saying the case followed a petition received by the police over an incident that allegedly occurred on June 1, 2026.

The Delta State Police Command has arrested a popular content creator, Ifeanyi Ogbonna, popularly known as Odogwu of Asaba, over the alleged rape of a 20-year-old woman who later died while receiving treatment in hospital. The command’s spokesperson, SP Bright Edafe, announced the arrest in a statement shared on his X account on Wednesday. According to the police, the 40-year-old suspect allegedly invited the woman to Delta State under the guise of mentoring her in content creation before luring her to a hotel in Asaba, where he allegedly raped her.

The Delta State Police Command has arrested popular content creator Ifeanyi Ogbonna, popularly known as “Odogwu of Asaba,” over the alleged rape of a 20-year-old girl identified simply as Favour, who later died by suicide. The command’s spokesperson, SP Bright Edafe, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday, saying the suspect, 40, was arrested […] The post Delta: 20-year-old girl commits suicide after allegedly raped by content creator appeared first on Tribune Online.

Cult-related violence is among the top crimes in Delta State. The police in Delta State have arrested four suspects over alleged armed robbery and cultism in separate operations across the state. Mr Edafe, a superintendent of police, said that on 14 July, a joint team of Police operatives and members of the Civilian Anti-Cult group mobilised and trailed a suspected armed robbery gang on the Asaba–Benin Expressway.

The Delta State Police Command has arrested and arraigned three suspects, including the chairman of Emevor Community, over their alleged involvement in the torture of a resident captured in a viral video circulated on social media. The development was disclosed in a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer of the command, SP Bright Edafe, on July 10, 2026. According to the statement, the Commissioner of Police, Yemi Oyeniyi, ordered an investigation after the video surfaced online. The investigation, reinforced by a petition from human rights activists, allegedly established that the victim was unlawfully apprehended on July 5, 2026, and taken to a hotel in Emevor Community, Isoko North Local Government Area, where he was allegedly assaulted, humiliated and threatened.

The Delta State Police Command has arrested a commercial motorcyclist, Kelvin Ogaga, for allegedly kidnapping a three-year-old girl entrusted to his care. It was learnt that the suspect, Ogaga, collected N500,000 as ransom from the child’s family to release the toddler. The Delta Police Command’s spokesperson, SP Bright Edafe, disclosed the arrest in a video shared on Thursday. According to Edafe, the suspect had been hired by the child’s parents to take her to and from school for a monthly fee of N10,000. He reportedly carried out the assignment for about three weeks before abducting the girl instead of taking her to school.

The Delta State Police Command has demoted an inspector and a corporal who were found guilty of extortion and misconduct following a viral video of them online collecting money from a motorist through a Point-of-Sale terminal inside a police station. The command’s spokesperson, SP Bright Edafe, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, saying the Commissioner of Police, CP Yemi Oyeniyi, upheld the findings of the orderly room trial of Inspector Augustine Jeremiah and Corporal Miracle Ehirim of C Division, Asaba.

Delta State High Court sitting in Effurun, near Warri, has sentenced two men to death after it found them guilty of conspiracy, armed robbery and murder. They are Akpobor Erhianor and Tibra Cornelius, 2nd and 3rd defendants in the case with charge No. EHC/19C/2023, involving the State against them and Edafe Adu and Oghenewegba Cadeton in connection with a series of violent robberies and killings across parts of the state. The 4th defendant, Oghenewegba Cadeton, who was charged with belonging to an unlawful society, was discharged and acquitted after the court held that the prosecution failed to establish the charge against him.

They are Akpobor Erhianor and Tibra Cornelius, 2nd and 3rd defendants in the case with charge No. EHC/19C/2023, involving the State against them and Edafe Adu and Oghenewegba Cadeton in connection with a series of violent robberies and killings across parts of the state. The post Court sentences two to death for armed robberies , murder in Delta  appeared first on Tribune Online.

The Delta State Police Command has arrested 202 suspects during intelligence-led raids on criminal hideouts and other black spots across the Asaba metropolis. The command’s spokesperson, SP Bright Edafe, said in a statement on Sunday that the operation was led by the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of the Department of Operations, alongside other officers of the command, following credible intelligence generated by the State Intelligence Department.

The Delta State Police Command, led by CP Yemi John Oyeniyi, has arrested two hundred and two (202) suspects during an intelligence-led raid on identified criminal hideouts within the Asaba metropolis. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bright Edafe, disclosed this in a statement sent to the DAILY POST correspondent in Warri. SP Edafe noted that the operation, conducted on Saturday, 4 July 2026, was led by the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Department of Operations, alongside officers of the command. According to him, “Acting on credible intelligence generated by the State Intelligence Department (SID), the operatives raided identified black spots, brothels, and suspected illicit drug dens in the Asaba metropolis.”

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Gunmen Release Ex Delta Gov Ibori’s Sister-In-Law, Nephew After Ransom Paid #Adojor #Agbakanya #Delta #Edafe #Oghara #Ogharefe #Onogba #Osadjere #OSG #Unugbrogodo #Ethiope #Ibori #Police #Ugolor Abducted 40-year-old Omoteseri Sirian Ibori (née Ben) and her seven-year-old son, Williams Ibori Junior, have safely broken free from their captors yesterday evening after a ₦5 million ransom payment was delivered secretly to an anonymous drop-off location, completely shifting the narrative of a tragic daylight ambush by heavily armed gunmen that had originally plunged Oghara—the ancestral home of former Delta State Governor, Chief James Onanefe Ibori—into intense fear and tension, highlighting a terrifying surge in local insecurity, as this victim is the youngest widow of the respected Ibori family patriarch, retired soldier, and former Unugbrogodo of Ogharefe, High Chief William Boyi Agbakanya Ibori, who was born on February 2, 1942, and passed away from a heart attack at age 76 on July 11, 2018, leaving behind his wives, Mrs Elizabeth and Omoteseri Sirian Ibori, alongside nine children and 18 grandchildren, while her father, Chief Lucky Ben, recently confirmed exclusively to OsazuwaAkonedo news media that his daughter is currently 40 years old, which clarifies historical timelines and corrects past social media rumors by establishing that she was approximately 32 years old when her high-profile traditional wedding ceremony was celebrated in Ogharefe on Saturday, March 17, 2018, just four months before her husband’s demise, meaning this high-profile abduction has severely worsened local anxiety by coming on the heels of another recent violent incident in Oghara where local farmer Mr Vincent Adojor was brutally murdered on his farm and his wife kidnapped for ransom, forcing Ethiope West Local Government Council Chairman Honourable Chris Onogba to vow an aggressive security crackdown as terrified residents demand urgent, decisive tactical intervention from the police command to halt the growing criminal epidemic, though a wave of deep relief has swept through the family space after a close source confirmed the breakthrough directly via an urgent text message stating that they have gone to drop the ransom and she has been released to them, following aggressive backdoor negotiations that forcefully broke down the heavily armed gang's initial staggering ₦150 million ransom demand. #OsazuwaAkonedo

Gunmen Release Ex Delta Gov Ibori’s Sister-In-Law, Nephew After Ransom Paid #Adojor #Agbakanya #Delta #Edafe #Oghara #Ogharefe #Onogba #Osadjere #OSG #Unugbrogodo #Ethiope #Ibori #Police #Ugolor Abducted 40-year-old Omoteseri Sirian Ibori (née Ben) and her seven-year-old son, Williams Ibori Junior, have safely broken free from their captors yesterday evening after a ₦5 million ransom payment was delivered secretly to an anonymous drop-off location, completely shifting the narrative of a tragic daylight ambush by heavily armed gunmen that had originally plunged Oghara—the ancestral home of former Delta State Governor, Chief James Onanefe Ibori—into intense fear and tension, highlighting a terrifying surge in local insecurity, as this victim is the youngest widow of the respected Ibori family patriarch, retired soldier, and former Unugbrogodo of Ogharefe, High Chief William Boyi Agbakanya Ibori, who was born on February 2, 1942, and passed away from a heart attack at age 76 on July 11, 2018, leaving behind his wives, Mrs Elizabeth and Omoteseri Sirian Ibori, alongside nine children and 18 grandchildren, while her father, Chief Lucky Ben, recently confirmed exclusively to OsazuwaAkonedo news media that his daughter is currently 40 years old, which clarifies historical timelines and corrects past social media rumors by establishing that she was approximately 32 years old when her high-profile traditional wedding ceremony was celebrated in Ogharefe on Saturday, March 17, 2018, just four months before her husband’s demise, meaning this high-profile abduction has severely worsened local anxiety by coming on the heels of another recent violent incident in Oghara where local farmer Mr Vincent Adojor was brutally murdered on his farm and his wife kidnapped for ransom, forcing Ethiope West Local Government Council Chairman Honourable Chris Onogba to vow an aggressive security crackdown as terrified residents demand urgent, decisive tactical intervention from the police command to halt the growing criminal epidemic, though a wave of deep relief has swept through the family space after a close source confirmed the breakthrough directly via an urgent text message stating that they have gone to drop the ransom and she has been released to them, following aggressive backdoor negotiations that forcefully broke down the heavily armed gang's initial staggering ₦150 million ransom demand. #OsazuwaAkonedo

Gunmen Release Ex Delta Gov Ibori’s Sister-In-Law, Nephew After Ransom Paid #Adojor #Agbakanya #Delta #Edafe #Oghara #Ogharefe #Onogba #Osadjere #OSG #Unugbrogodo #Ethiope #Ibori #Police #Ugolor Abducted 40-year-old Omoteseri Sirian Ibori (née Ben) and her seven-year-old son, Williams Ibori Junior, have safely broken free from their captors yesterday evening after a ₦5 million ransom payment was delivered secretly to an anonymous drop-off location, completely shifting the narrative of a tragic daylight ambush by heavily armed gunmen that had originally plunged Oghara—the ancestral home of former Delta State Governor, Chief James Onanefe Ibori—into intense fear and tension, highlighting a terrifying surge in local insecurity, as this victim is the youngest widow of the respected Ibori family patriarch, retired soldier, and former Unugbrogodo of Ogharefe, High Chief William Boyi Agbakanya Ibori, who was born on February 2, 1942, and passed away from a heart attack at age 76 on July 11, 2018, leaving behind his wives, Mrs Elizabeth and Omoteseri Sirian Ibori, alongside nine children and 18 grandchildren, while her father, Chief Lucky Ben, recently confirmed exclusively to OsazuwaAkonedo news media that his daughter is currently 40 years old, which clarifies historical timelines and corrects past social media rumors by establishing that she was approximately 32 years old when her high-profile traditional wedding ceremony was celebrated in Ogharefe on Saturday, March 17, 2018, just four months before her husband’s demise, meaning this high-profile abduction has severely worsened local anxiety by coming on the heels of another recent violent incident in Oghara where local farmer Mr Vincent Adojor was brutally murdered on his farm and his wife kidnapped for ransom, forcing Ethiope West Local Government Council Chairman Honourable Chris Onogba to vow an aggressive security crackdown as terrified residents demand urgent, decisive tactical intervention from the police command to halt the growing criminal epidemic, though a wave of deep relief has swept through the family space after a close source confirmed the breakthrough directly via an urgent text message stating that they have gone to drop the ransom and she has been released to them, following aggressive backdoor negotiations that forcefully broke down the heavily armed gang's initial staggering ₦150 million ransom demand. #OsazuwaAkonedo

Gunmen Release Ex Delta Gov Ibori’s Sister-In-Law, Nephew After Ransom Paid #Adojor #Agbakanya #Delta #Edafe #Oghara #Ogharefe #Onogba #Osadjere #OSG #Unugbrogodo #Ethiope #Ibori #Police #Ugolor Abducted 40-year-old Omoteseri Sirian Ibori (née Ben) and her seven-year-old son, Williams Ibori Junior, have safely broken free from their captors yesterday evening after a ₦5 million ransom payment was delivered secretly to an anonymous drop-off location, completely shifting the narrative of a tragic daylight ambush by heavily armed gunmen that had originally plunged Oghara—the ancestral home of former Delta State Governor, Chief James Onanefe Ibori—into intense fear and tension, highlighting a terrifying surge in local insecurity, as this victim is the youngest widow of the respected Ibori family patriarch, retired soldier, and former Unugbrogodo of Ogharefe, High Chief William Boyi Agbakanya Ibori, who was born on February 2, 1942, and passed away from a heart attack at age 76 on July 11, 2018, leaving behind his wives, Mrs Elizabeth and Omoteseri Sirian Ibori, alongside nine children and 18 grandchildren, while her father, Chief Lucky Ben, recently confirmed exclusively to OsazuwaAkonedo news media that his daughter is currently 40 years old, which clarifies historical timelines and corrects past social media rumors by establishing that she was approximately 32 years old when her high-profile traditional wedding ceremony was celebrated in Ogharefe on Saturday, March 17, 2018, just four months before her husband’s demise, meaning this high-profile abduction has severely worsened local anxiety by coming on the heels of another recent violent incident in Oghara where local farmer Mr Vincent Adojor was brutally murdered on his farm and his wife kidnapped for ransom, forcing Ethiope West Local Government Council Chairman Honourable Chris Onogba to vow an aggressive security crackdown as terrified residents demand urgent, decisive tactical intervention from the police command to halt the growing criminal epidemic, though a wave of deep relief has swept through the family space after a close source confirmed the breakthrough directly via an urgent text message stating that they have gone to drop the ransom and she has been released to them, following aggressive backdoor negotiations that forcefully broke down the heavily armed gang's initial staggering ₦150 million ransom demand. #OsazuwaAkonedo

Gunmen Release Ex Delta Gov Ibori’s Sister-In-Law, Nephew After Ransom Paid #Adojor #Agbakanya #Delta #Edafe #Oghara #Ogharefe #Onogba #Osadjere #OSG #Unugbrogodo #Ethiope #Ibori #Police #Ugolor Abducted 40-year-old Omoteseri Sirian Ibori (née Ben) and her seven-year-old son, Williams Ibori Junior, have safely broken free from their captors yesterday evening after a ₦5 million ransom payment was delivered secretly to an anonymous drop-off location, completely shifting the narrative of a tragic daylight ambush by heavily armed gunmen that had originally plunged Oghara—the ancestral home of former Delta State Governor, Chief James Onanefe Ibori—into intense fear and tension, highlighting a terrifying surge in local insecurity, as this victim is the youngest widow of the respected Ibori family patriarch, retired soldier, and former Unugbrogodo of Ogharefe, High Chief William Boyi Agbakanya Ibori, who was born on February 2, 1942, and passed away from a heart attack at age 76 on July 11, 2018, leaving behind his wives, Mrs Elizabeth and Omoteseri Sirian Ibori, alongside nine children and 18 grandchildren, while her father, Chief Lucky Ben, recently confirmed exclusively to OsazuwaAkonedo news media that his daughter is currently 40 years old, which clarifies historical timelines and corrects past social media rumors by establishing that she was approximately 32 years old when her high-profile traditional wedding ceremony was celebrated in Ogharefe on Saturday, March 17, 2018, just four months before her husband’s demise, meaning this high-profile abduction has severely worsened local anxiety by coming on the heels of another recent violent incident in Oghara where local farmer Mr Vincent Adojor was brutally murdered on his farm and his wife kidnapped for ransom, forcing Ethiope West Local Government Council Chairman Honourable Chris Onogba to vow an aggressive security crackdown as terrified residents demand urgent, decisive tactical intervention from the police command to halt the growing criminal epidemic, though a wave of deep relief has swept through the family space after a close source confirmed the breakthrough directly via an urgent text message stating that they have gone to drop the ransom and she has been released to them, following aggressive backdoor negotiations that forcefully broke down the heavily armed gang's initial staggering ₦150 million ransom demand. #OsazuwaAkonedo

Gunmen Release Ex Delta Gov Ibori’s Sister-In-Law, Nephew After Ransom Paid #Adojor #Agbakanya #Delta #Edafe #Oghara #Ogharefe #Onogba #Osadjere #OSG #Unugbrogodo #Ethiope #Ibori #Police #Ugolor Abducted 40-year-old Omoteseri Sirian Ibori (née Ben) and her seven-year-old son, Williams Ibori Junior, have safely broken free from their captors yesterday evening after a ₦5 million ransom payment was delivered secretly to an anonymous drop-off location, completely shifting the narrative of a tragic daylight ambush by heavily armed gunmen that had originally plunged Oghara—the ancestral home of former Delta State Governor, Chief James Onanefe Ibori—into intense fear and tension, highlighting a terrifying surge in local insecurity, as this victim is the youngest widow of the respected Ibori family patriarch, retired soldier, and former Unugbrogodo of Ogharefe, High Chief William Boyi Agbakanya Ibori, who was born on February 2, 1942, and passed away from a heart attack at age 76 on July 11, 2018, leaving behind his wives, Mrs Elizabeth and Omoteseri Sirian Ibori, alongside nine children and 18 grandchildren, while her father, Chief Lucky Ben, recently confirmed exclusively to OsazuwaAkonedo news media that his daughter is currently 40 years old, which clarifies historical timelines and corrects past social media rumors by establishing that she was approximately 32 years old when her high-profile traditional wedding ceremony was celebrated in Ogharefe on Saturday, March 17, 2018, just four months before her husband’s demise, meaning this high-profile abduction has severely worsened local anxiety by coming on the heels of another recent violent incident in Oghara where local farmer Mr Vincent Adojor was brutally murdered on his farm and his wife kidnapped for ransom, forcing Ethiope West Local Government Council Chairman Honourable Chris Onogba to vow an aggressive security crackdown as terrified residents demand urgent, decisive tactical intervention from the police command to halt the growing criminal epidemic, though a wave of deep relief has swept through the family space after a close source confirmed the breakthrough directly via an urgent text message stating that they have gone to drop the ransom and she has been released to them, following aggressive backdoor negotiations that forcefully broke down the heavily armed gang's initial staggering ₦150 million ransom demand. #OsazuwaAkonedo

Gunmen Release Ex Delta Gov Ibori’s Sister-In-Law, Nephew After Ransom Paid #Adojor #Agbakanya #Delta #Edafe #Oghara #Ogharefe #Onogba #Osadjere #OSG #Unugbrogodo #Ethiope #Ibori #Police #Ugolor Abducted 40-year-old Omoteseri Sirian Ibori (née Ben) and her seven-year-old son, Williams Ibori Junior, have safely broken free from their captors yesterday evening after a ₦5 million ransom payment was delivered secretly to an anonymous drop-off location, completely shifting the narrative of a tragic daylight ambush by heavily armed gunmen that had originally plunged Oghara—the ancestral home of former Delta State Governor, Chief James Onanefe Ibori—into intense fear and tension, highlighting a terrifying surge in local insecurity, as this victim is the youngest widow of the respected Ibori family patriarch, retired soldier, and former Unugbrogodo of Ogharefe, High Chief William Boyi Agbakanya Ibori, who was born on February 2, 1942, and passed away from a heart attack at age 76 on July 11, 2018, leaving behind his wives, Mrs Elizabeth and Omoteseri Sirian Ibori, alongside nine children and 18 grandchildren, while her father, Chief Lucky Ben, recently confirmed exclusively to OsazuwaAkonedo news media that his daughter is currently 40 years old, which clarifies historical timelines and corrects past social media rumors by establishing that she was approximately 32 years old when her high-profile traditional wedding ceremony was celebrated in Ogharefe on Saturday, March 17, 2018, just four months before her husband’s demise, meaning this high-profile abduction has severely worsened local anxiety by coming on the heels of another recent violent incident in Oghara where local farmer Mr Vincent Adojor was brutally murdered on his farm and his wife kidnapped for ransom, forcing Ethiope West Local Government Council Chairman Honourable Chris Onogba to vow an aggressive security crackdown as terrified residents demand urgent, decisive tactical intervention from the police command to halt the growing criminal epidemic, though a wave of deep relief has swept through the family space after a close source confirmed the breakthrough directly via an urgent text message stating that they have gone to drop the ransom and she has been released to them, following aggressive backdoor negotiations that forcefully broke down the heavily armed gang's initial staggering ₦150 million ransom demand. #OsazuwaAkonedo