The police command in Delta says it killed a suspected kidnapper and arrested one other in Abraka, Ethiope East council area.

Police spokesman Bright Edafe disclosed this on Monday in Warri.

He said one person rescued from the kidnappers on Sunday was reunited with his family.

Mr Edafe said a four-man kidnap gang operating with a Lexus SUV with registration number KSF 315 HF abducted the victim at a petrol station in Abraka.

He said the divisional police officer in Abraka, SP Fabian Ayameh, was alerted of the kidnap while on routine patrol.

“The team swiftly mobilised and went on the trail of the kidnappers. The suspects, noticing that the policemen were closing in on them, fired gunshots while trying to escape, and the police responded,” the police spokesman narrated. “Due to the superior firepower of the police, their operational vehicle was successfully demobilised. The hoodlums abandoned the victim and jumped out of the vehicle.”

Mr Edafe added, “They ran in different directions while firing gunshots in a bid to escape. The policemen engaged them in a gun duel and successfully neutralised one of them and arrested another with serious gunshot injuries while two others escaped.”

The police officer said one AK-47 rifle with breech number 06571 without a magazine was seized, adding that a manhunt for the fleeing members of the gang was ongoing.

(NAN)