No fewer than two suspected kidnappers were killed in a gun duel by the personnel of the Plateau State Police Command.
The kidnappers according to the police were reported to have abducted two persons in Chanso Village of Mangu Local Government Area of the state.
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According to the state Police Commissioner, Edward Ebuka, while parading the suspects said the success of killing came after an intelligence report on the den of the kidnappers.
The commissioner narrated that “In an unrelenting manhunt for a notorious gang of kidnappers who kidnapped two persons at Chance Village in Gindiri on the 16/01/2021 and fled, the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) and hawk-eyed patrol team of the Command attached to Mangu Division.
“On 18/01/2021 at about 1300hrs, the patrol team stormed the kidnapper’s den, engaged the gang in a fierce gun duel, and killed two of its members while other gang members escaped with various degrees of a bullet wound.
“The two kidnapped victims were rescued unhurt and re-united to their families. Meanwhile, efforts are on to track down other fleeing members of the gang, “ he added.
The Command however appealed to members of the public for useful and prompt information to get rid of Criminal elements in the State.
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