Ogun: 2 killed as kidnappers engage police in gun duel

Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have neutralised two gunmen suspected to be kidnappers.

 The Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alamutu, said the two were neutralised when detectives from Owode Egba Division, in collaboration with hunters, engaged the kidnappers in a gun duel in Fere village, Owode-Egba in Obafemi Owode LGA.

Alamutu disclosed that the police had set out to foil a kidnap attempt on one Mr Busari Azeez.

 He explained that the armed kidnappers, who were six in number, emerged from the bush “and forcefully halted the victim’s car at gunpoint.

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“The kidnappers opened his car door with the intent to whisk him away, but he summoned courage by reversing his car with a high speed to flee the scene.”

 He was said to have jumped out of his car and ran into a bush.

 The commissioner further said, “Consequently, detectives from Owode-Egba Division and local hunters combed the bush for hours and eventually engaged the kidnappers and were able to neutralise two amongst them.”

The police boss added that the corpses of the kidnappers were deposited at the OOUTH Sagamu morgue, assuring that, “Efforts are on top gear to arrest the fleeing members of the gang.”