Nigeria, Aug. 6 -- The police in Delta State have foiled a planned kidnapping targeting a pastor and a retired school principal in the Ughelli area of the state.

The police spokesman in Delta, Bright Edafe, disclosed this in a statement forwarded to PREMIUM TIMES on Wednesday, saying the operations were part of the police's sustained crackdown on violent crime.

According to Mr Edafe, operatives of the 'A' Division, Ughelli, acted on credible intelligence on 31 July after receiving information that Jeremiah Kwane, 26, allegedly attempted to recruit another person into a kidnapping syndicate to abduct a pastor and a retired school principal in Ughelli.

The police said the suspect was arrested at his duty post before the alleged plan coul...