Ms Edet said the suspects engaged security personnel in a gun duel.
The police command in Benue on Friday confirmed the killing of four armed bandits by operatives of the Operation Zenda Joint Task Force.
Two hundred live ammunition of a general purpose machine gun (GPMG) and 117 rounds of 7.6mm ammunition were recovered from the suspect, the police claimed.
Mr Adaka informed the police that the hoodlums mercilessly beat up the commissioner and inflicted various degrees of injuries on him.
The men allegedly kidnapped the Benue Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Ekpe Ogbu, on December 4, 2022.
