Since Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, gave Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Ikechukwu Aduba, official imprimatur, a month or so ago, to pull down dens of acknowledged kidnappers, the practitioners of the evil business seem to have simmered down on their hair-raising escapades.
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Converse to d first quarter of the year (January – March) when there was hardly no day that passed without news of kidnappers striking in Warri, Ughelli, Asaba, Sapele and other parts of the state, the spate has reduced in the current second quarter.
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Initially, some officials of the state government did not quite hook up with the police because of covert information that some bad police officers were aiding and abetting kidnappers. The alignment was more with the army and Directorate of State Service.