”The ten persons who sustained various degrees of injuries during the incident are currently receiving treatment at various hospitals.
In the process, they started shooting the illegal operators and a stray bullet hit Ofezie, who was sitting in his shop at the market.
The traditional ruler and ‘Agwom Izere’, Rev. Isaac Wikili, was abducted from his residence in the early hours of Friday.
The police have arrested a pastor for allegedly kidnapping himself and collecting ransom from members of his congregation.
The security men on guard at the speaker’s residence and other police officers from the Rantya Division foiled the attempted kidnap.
A neighbour to the suspect confirmed that it was not the first time the suspect would assault the girl.
“One was shot dead while others fled with gunshot injuries.”
The police said Mr Margif was arrested for issuing dud cheque to a business partner.
