Police gun down suspected kidnapper in Edo
Police in Edo said they killed a suspected kidnapper at Iyuku Road on Benin-Auchi expressway.
Jennifer Iwegbu, a spokesperson for the Edo police command disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.
Ms Iwegbu said the suspect was killed by operatives of the command on routine patrol while other suspects were wounded and fled.
She said that the action was a fallout of the recent strategic engagement of stakeholders in the state’s security, Acting Governor Philip Shaibu and police commissioner Abutu yaro.
“Subsequently, during bush combing along that axis, a corpse on black mask suspected to be one of the hoodlums was discovered,” she said.
She added that a locally-made pistol was discovered on the corpse.
She reiterated that the commissioner called for patriotism by availing the command with credible information, as such would be speedily treated with high level of confidentiality.
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