The Ogun State Police Command said it neutralised two out of six suspected kidnappers who abducted three Indian nationals, while the three victims were rescued unharmed following a gun battle with the accused kidnappers.
According to the state Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alamutu, the victims were kidnapped on May 4th while returning to their residence at Kojola Junction, Mowe, in the state’s Obafemi Owode Local Government Area.
According to him, they seized two AK-47 rifles, one locally built single barrel gun, one sword, a cell phone, criminal charms, and 65 rounds of ammunition, as well as the expected ransom payment of N7,900,000 and one thousand five hundred rupees (Indian currency).
“The anti-kidnapping Section of the Command in concert with police formations in the axis with other local security agents swung into action by combing the area.
“Policemen engaged the kidnappers in a fierce gun battle confronting the kidnappers in the forest along Benin-Sagamu Papalanto at about 1630hrs on 7th May 2024, and succeeded in the rescue of the victims unhurt,” he said.
The two demobilised suspects were said to have been deposited at the mortuary, while efforts are ongoing to arrest the four fleeing members of the kidnap gang.