The commissioner warned other officers against trampling on the rights of citizens.
Mr Edafe said that the suspect (name withheld) was apprehended by the anti-crime patrol team of the Oghara division of the command.
Mr Edafe said the suspect, who had been on the command’s wanted list, was sighted on a motorcycle in the Okwukoko community.
The police said they found one locally-made, cut-to-size gun loaded with one live cartridge on the 35-year-old suspect during a stop-and-search operation.
The suspects are alleged experts in the act of vandalising the federal government pipeline at Ogulagha.
The girl was last seen on April 30 when she left for school in Effurun in the state.
