Police kill 3 kidnappers in gun duel in Kwara
Armed robbers kill member in Anambra
Three suspected kidnappers have been killed by operatives of the Kwara State Police Command during a shoot-out in Bode-Sadu, Moro Local Government of Kwara State.
Briefing newsmen on the development, the state Commissioner of Police, Paul Odama, said his men, based on intelligence, mobilised vigilantes and local hunters who stormed the forest while the kidnappers were planning to strike.
“Our men engaged the kidnappers and during exchange of gun-fire, three of them, Bala Idris, Hassan Idris and Baso Idris, were neutralised while two suspects, Lagi Bala and Iliasu Idris were arrested with three locally made guns”.
He said the suspect confessed to be kidnappers and cattle rustlers who had been responsible for the series of kidnapping cases in the Malete and Shao area of Kwara State.
A gang of armed robbers on Monday shot dead one of their members during an operation in Mgbuka-Amanzu road/Pillar Bread junction, Nkpikpa, near Onitsha, Anambra State.
The robbers who stormed the area killed their member while trying to rob a passer-by.
An eyewitness, simply identified as Okwute said the gunmen, numbering about four were riding in a tricycle and double crossed
The CP said investigation is ongoing to arrest the remaining members of the kidnapping gang, while the two arrested suspects will be charged to court as soon as the investigation is concluded.
Similarly, the commissioner said another set of seven suspected kidnappers were arrested by his command over alleged involvement in several abductions in the state.
The suspects were identified as Buga Ali, Suleiman Issah, Aminu Bello, Suleman Bilyah and Yahaya Adam. an unidentified man heading to church and dispossessed him of his belongings and fled.
She said the robbers, while trying to escape the area, shot indiscriminately and their bullets mistakenly hit one of them who died instantly.
According to her, they quickly removed the corpse of their gang-member from the tricycle, dumped his corpse by the roadside and drove away.
Daily Trust gathered that police operatives from the Okpoko Police
Others included Yau Alhaji Anta and Idris Alhaji Auta who were said to be responsible for the recent kidnap of Alhaji Tunde Buhari and one Muhammed Mecho.
According to the police, the suspects were arrested at Eyenkorin, Oko Olowo and Shao, three notorious kidnapping hotspots in the state.
Odama, during a parade of the suspects on Monday, said his men on 23/1/2023, sighted some of the kidnappers in the bush along Eyenkorin during a
Division had since evacuated the corpse from the road.
In another development, three lifeless bodies were recovered along the Enugu-Onitsha road on Monday.
The deceased were allegedly attacked by armed robbers while traveling to their various destinations late on Sunday.
When contacted, the police spokesman, Tochukwu Ikenga, who confirmed the incident, said patrol teams had intensified operations in the area. routine check and engaged them in a shootout.
He said some of them escaped with bullet injuries in the process while others were arrested.
“We later received information that one suspected Fulani man was seen with bullet wounds inside the bush within Eyenkorin and policemen traced and arrested the suspect who confessed to be a member of a kidnapping syndicate that specialises in kidnapping people around the Eyenkorin and Okoolowo axis,” he added.