The Police Command in Edo State said it killed a suspected kidnapper on Monday in Benin in a gun battle along the Benin-Lagos Expressway by Utekon community.
This was disclosed by the command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, in a statement made available to the News men on Monday in Benin.
“On 20/06/2022 at about 04 00Hrs, the Operatives Of Egba Police Divisional Headquarters, Benin city, while acting on a distressed call that a gang of kidnappers/armed robbers blocked the Benin- Lagos Expressway By Utekon Community, Benin, immediately swung into action and moved to the scene and on sighting the police, the hoodlums engaged the Police on a gun duel.
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“And in the process, the Police Operatives neutralised one of the kidnappers while the rest gang members escaped with their guns”, Nwabuzor said.
The police spokesman, however, said that a combined bush combing operation is ongoing to arrest the fleeing gang members.
Police in Edo/ NAN
