The Anti-Kidnapping Squad, Asaba in Delta State has rescued three missing officers in the Ohoror community and recovered 6 Corpses of police officers who killed Fulani herdsmen by a combined team of security agents and the local vigilantes in Ughelli North Local Government Area of the state.
Circleson Television gathered that the combined team stormed the forest on Sunday and Monday before they could recover some of the corpses.
It will be recalled that on January 24, 2024, three police officers at a nipping point in Ohoror community, Ughelli North, Delta State, were detailed following a distressed call by one Moses Progress now at large, who was allegedly robbed by suspected herdsmen while performing a sacrifice to the gods of the river under a bridge close to the tipping point.
The three officers, all Inspectors, who responded to the distressed call, never returned to date. The alleged killing of the six officers and 15 others currently missing was confirmed by a Police Inspector, who escaped from the herdsmen captivity days later while making his entry.
Despite police authorities in Delta State keeping quiet over the incident, corpses of some of the killed officers were recovered between Sunday and Monday by a combined team of local vigilante members from the forest. Vanguard gathered that operational huts of the suspected killer Fulani herdsmen were destroyed as six corpses were recovered from Agadama bush, while others are still missing.
A senior security source at the Delta State Police Command, who confirmed the development on condition of anonymity, said: “The recovered corpses of the officers have been deposited at Mariere Central Hospital morgue in Ughelli.
“While depositing them at the morgue, some officials of the Delta State government were with the vigilante members, though it was not confirmed if the officials were representatives of the government.
“They spent over three hours at the hospital morgue during the documentation before being attended to at Ughelli Central Hospital.”
Another security source said: “No details yet and I will get back to you as we progress.”