Men of the Edo State Police command, on Sunday, burst a kidnapping ring, in the state capital, Benin, killing two of the suspected abductors during exchange of gun fire.
Six of the suspected kidnappers were arrested, while a cache of arms, including three Pump Action guns were recovered from the bandits.
The incident it was learnt occurred around the university town of Ugbowo, after a 70 year-old man who was said to have gone out jogging was abducted by the suspects.
The victim it was learnt was forced inside the boot of an Audi car and driven off to the kidnappers’ hideout where they met their waterloo, as the police came after them.
Edo State Police Commissioner, Foluso Adebanjo, while confirming the incident to our correspondent on the telephone, said it happened around at 6am, saying men from the command went to rescue the 70-year old, following a tip off on location of the kidnappers’ hideout.
He said, “Early this morning at about 6am, hoodlums came with an Audi vehicle and abducted this 70 years old man around Ugbowo. They put in him in the boot of the Audi and drove off.
“Information got to me, so I quickly directed our anti-kidnapping team to carry out a raid in that area. Our vehicle was parked far away from the hideout, so we trekked to the scene.
“One of them must have observed that it could be policemen, and shouted. So they started firing at us and we responded. Two of them were shot dead while six were arrested. None of our men sustained any injury and we thank God for that.”
“We observed that the old man was tortured when they were forcing him to inform them where to get ransom from. Like I said earlier, we will continue to go after them,” added the CP
source: nigerianeye
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