Soldiers attached to the Joint Task Force, Operation Delta Safe, yesterday set ablaze two cars containing several jerry cans of diesel in Jeremi, Ughelli South.
The troops said they also arrested the culprit, one Mr. Kesiena Oloya, whom they accused of attempting to bribe them with N29,500.
Lt. Cmdr Thomas Otuji, spokesman of the security outfit in the Niger Delta, told journalists that Oloya’s arrest was sequel to the rescue of a kidnap victim, Chief Matron of Ughelli Central Hospital, one Mrs. Patience Abere, who was picked from her residence in Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State.
The matron, the JTF said, was abducted by three notorious armed men in her Kia Soul car with registration number AS 609 UGH.
“One of the suspects, Mr. Innocent Egboboh was apprehended while two fled on sighting troops. Two locally made pistols and 3 live cartridges were recovered from the criminals,” Otuji said.
The spokesman added that the soldiers burnt the two vehicles in which the containers of petroleum were conveyed after the suspect attempted to bribe the men of the task force.
“Mr Kesiena Oloya was conveying 35 x 25 litres jerry cans filled with substance suspected to be illegal AGO along Jeremi junction in Ughelli South.”
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