Suspected kidnapper killed along Benin-Lagos Expressway: Police
Police command in Edo said it killed a suspected kidnapper on Monday in Benin in a gun duel along the Benin-Lagos Expressway by the Utekon community.
The command’s spokesman, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, disclosed this in a statement on Monday.
“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,” the statement explained.
It added, “In the process, the police operatives neutralised one of the kidnappers while the rest of the gang members escaped with their guns.”
A combined bush-combing operation is ongoing to arrest the fleeing gang members, according to the police.
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