Crime
Casualties as hunters, kidnappers engage in gun duel
Two kidnappers were gunned down and their victims rescued by local hunters I Okehi LGA of Kogi on the weekend.
Special Assistant on Media to Okehi Local Government Chairman, King Habib, stated this in a release on Sunday.
He said the bandits were killed in Okehi during an exchange of gunfire with security operatives, who were combing the bush to rescue some kidnap victims.
One of the kidnappers died during an exchange of gunfire, while another died on his way to the hospital for treatment.
“His Excellency, Alh Yahaya Bello, the Executive Governor of Kogi State had directed the Okehi Local Government Council Chairman to swing into action and make Okehi LG and its environs safe.”
He added that hunters in Okehi LG led an early morning operation and apprehended some kidnappers at Upogoro hill upon credible intelligence reports from operatives of Okehi LG Joint Taskforce, adding that the gang has been terrorizing motorists and commuters along Okene-Lokoja road and Okene-Auchi road of Kogi State before being nabbed.
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