Nigeria: Police Rescue 10 Passengers After Gun Battle With Suspected Kidnappers

Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have actually saved 10 travelers abducted last Tuesday while taking a trip on the Ibadan-Ijebu Ode Road in the Ogun State passage.
Management collected that the travelers were saved around 8:30 p.m. on Saturday after a weapon fight with their kidnappers which led to the death of among the believed abductors.
The command’s representative, Oluseyi Babaseyi, revealed this in a declaration he provided the other day where he revealed that the victims were earlier abducted from an industrial bus at the Orita Fufu axis of Awa-Ijebu in the Ijebu North East city government location.

Babaseyi, in the declaration, described that the Anti-Kidnapping Unit (AK-U) of the command had at the wee hours of the other day, stormed the presumed hideout of the abductors, situated along the Ibadan-Ijebu-Ode Highway, where a weapon fight in between the wrongdoers taken place.

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He described that the weapon battle, which culminated in the death of among the thought abductors, was a fallout of the continual security pressure and intelligence-led efforts launched by the command towards protecting the rescue of the victims.

“In a follow-up operation at about 1:00 a.m. on 8th November, operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit stormed the believed abductors’ hideout along the Ibadan-Ijebu Ode Road, where a weapon fight occurred.
One thought abductor was neutralised, while others left with believed gunshot injuries”.
The cops spokesperson mentioned even more that products recuperated from the crooks after the weapon fight consisted of an AK-47 rifle; a 20-rounds of ammo, an overall amount of 1, 376, 800 money and a cellphone.

Babaseyi revealed that operatives of the command have actually heightened efforts towards making sure the arrest of the leaving suspects.
The cops nevertheless, attracted members of the general public to without delay report anybody spotted with suspicious gunshot injuries so regarding guarantee the effective arrest of other members of the gang that left from the weapon fight.