The Rivers State Police Command has successfully retrieved four 20KVA power-generating sets that were seized by the wanted cultist, David Gift, also known as 2 Baba, from a company.
Police, however, said they are still on the trail of the killer cultist who masterminded the murder of Late Bako Angbashim, a Superintendent of Police, the Divisional Police Officer of Ahoada Police Division.
After the murder of the police SP, the mentioned leader of Iceland Cult group in Ahoada has been in hiding, but police have continued to close up on him.
2Baba had seized the four 20KVA generators from a company for not paying him N20 million ‘matching ground’ fee, an illegal levy imposed on persons or organizations by cultists.
But police in their operation recovered the property and other valuables from 2Baba’s hideout.
The Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Operations, Olubenga Adepoju, while handing over the four 20KVA generators said 2Baba was demanding N5 million for each of the equipment.
DCP Adepoju said: “I am here representing Commissioner of Police, CP Olatunji Disu Today to handover some Perkins generators, four that were recovered by our tactical teams seized by the notorious most wanted criminal in Rivers command David Gift aka 2 Baba and his gang who killed SP Bako Angbashim, DPO of Ahoada Police Division some months back.
“These generators were intercepted by him some months ago while going to a location to be used by the company at Odiemude community in Ahoada East Local Government Area.
“He seized it and was demanding 20 million naira for the generators, five million naira for each generator before it could be released to the company.
“While we were on the search for him, we were able to storm on the generator where he kept them. Our men tactically cordoned off the place and recovered the generators.
“We have the generators here with us. Today we want to present it to the company. I don’t want to mention the name of the company for security reasons, they are here with us now. This is one of our achievements. We are still on his trail and by the grace of God we will get him.
“Criminals should know that Rivers state is not a place for them to stay. They should advise themselves if not we give them the chase they deserve.
“We are warning every other person who wants to bring criminality to the system while urging anyone whose property these people are still with to report officially to the command so we do the needful.”
