Two suspected kidnappers terrorising travellers on the Sagamu-Ijebu Ode-Benin expressway axis of Ogun State have been killed in a gun duel with the police, while the operatives rescued some abducted Indian nationals.
Penpushing reports that the Ogun State Police Command Public Relations Officer Omolola Odutola, a superintendent of police, made this known in a statement, explaining that the police, during the operations and with the support of the local vigilantes, were able to rescue the Indian nationals.
The police imagemaker gave the identities of the rescued Indians as include Tejaram Chauhan, Kaduwal Pradhan and Medani Kathiwada, adding that they were abducted on Friday, and that cash amounting to N7.9 million and 1,500 Indian Rupees suspected to have been part of the ransom collected by the kidnappers was recovered.
Penpushing further reports that she stated that the Manager of Breeze Company Nigeria Limited located on the Ibadan-Lagos expressway had on Saturday made a distress call to the Divisional Police Officer, Mowe Divisional Headquarters.
The police spokesperson added tha the distress call was to alert the Divisional Police Officer that a gang of kidnappers the previous day had opened fire on two vehicles conveying his principals at Kajola junction, along Sagamu -Siun- Abeokuta expressway.
Penpushing reports that Odutola explained that the manager said that the police escort attached to the first vehicle marked FST 686 YH exchanged fire with the kidnappers and managed to escape with all the occupants in the vehicle.
‘Three Indian nationals inside the second bus without police escort were all kidnapped to an unknown destination. The anti-kidnapping section of the command in concert with police formations in the axis with other local security agents swung into action by combing the area’, she stated.
‘The policemen engaged the kidnappers in a fierce gun battle in the forest along Benin-Sagamu Papalanto and succeeded in the rescue of the victims unhurt. In the course of the encounter, two of the six kidnappers were demobilised. Two AK-47 rifles, one single barrel locally made gun, one sword, cell phone, criminal charms and 65 rounds of ammunition were recovered. The two demobilised suspects have been deposited at the public mortuary, while intensive efforts are ongoing to arrest the four fleeing members of the gang’, Odutola said
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