The State Command Spokesperson, SP Bello Kontongs said ammunition was recovered from the kidnappers while bush combing has commenced to fish out those who escaped with gunshot injuries.
Kontongs said in a statement: “In its campaign to decimate kidnappers, the operatives of the Edo State Police Command acting on credible information that hoodlums suspected to be kidnappers have barricaded the Lagos/Benin expressway in a bid to kidnap travelers, the Egba Sector ofthe command responded swiftly and neutralized them, and kill one of the suspected kidnappers while others escaped with gunshot injuries.
“The following items were recovered; one cut-to-size double barrel, an expanded cartridge, and an AK-47. Rigorous bush combing to track other fleeing members of the gang for possible arrest is ongoing,” he added. Kontongs noted that the Edo State Commissioner of Police, Yaro Abutu while reacting to the gallant effort of the men under Egba Sector promised that the command under his watch would not allow criminal elements to take over the public space thereby making life unbearable for the public.
