The police said that investigation was ongoing on the matter.
Mr Edafe said that the CP-SAT was led in the operation by ASP Julius Robinson, following credible information.
Mr Edafe said the suspects were neutralised on March 9 during a gun duel with the operatives of the CP-Special Assignment Team (CP-SAT).
Mr Edafe said the 35 victims, rescued on Monday in a hotel, included 23 teenagers.
“The sad incident, which occurred on Saturday, was reported at the division by the brother of the fleeing suspect.”
He said the weapons concealed in a sack were recovered by police operatives attached to the Agbarho division following an intelligence report.
The 94 suspected commercial sex workers have, however, been charged to court alongside some of the male suspects, Mr Edafe noted.
Mr Edafe said the modus operandi of the syndicate was to lure unsuspecting young girls on Facebook, take them to a hotel, and drug and gang rape them.
Mr Okowa said Agbarho-born driver’s bravery and patriotism-propelled risk saved what might have resulted in colossal loss of lives and property.
The deceased had barely spent two weeks in the town when Mr Okpegboro struck him on the skull with a pestle in the night and killed him.
