Operatives from Delta State Police Command have killed a suspected kidnapper while others escaped.
The perpetrators had seized a victim (whose identity was withheld), as he was riding his motorcycle along Ashama Anu-Ugbo Farm in Nsukwa, in Aniocha South of Delta State, last weekend, demanding a ransom of N5,000,000.
After notifying the police about the incident, an intensified operation was launched to rescue the victim.
DSP Bright Edafe, the state Police Public Relations Officer, in a statement on Wednesday stated: “On Saturday, December, 9 2023, around 12:10 hrs, acting on credible intelligence regarding the kidnappers’ plan to collect the demanded ransom, the Divisional Police Officer, CSP George Omunu, promptly mobilised the Divisional Patrol Teams with support from operatives of the command’s tactical teams and other security stakeholders within the Nsukwa area.
“The suspects were located at various points within the Egbudu-Akah bush, where the team thoroughly searched the bushes.
“Upon spotting the rescue team approaching from a distance, the kidnappers fired at the team. In response to this aggression, the police retaliated with superior firepower, forcing the captors to hastily flee, abandoning the male victim who was subsequently rescued unharmed.”
The statement added that the operational team later returned to the Egbudu-Akah bush, where one of the suspected kidnappers (name unknown) was apprehended with gunshot wounds.
“The suspect was rushed to General Hospital Isheagu for medical attention, where he later succumbed to his injuries during treatment.
‘Another suspect is currently in custody while investigation is ongoing,” he added.
