One suspected kidnapper has been shot dead by operatives of the Ogun State Police Command, on Wednesday along Shagamu-Ijebu Ode road, Ogun State.
Two persons were subsequently rescued.
The spokesman of the Ogun State Police Command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi made this known in a statement.
He explained that the incident happened when the DPO, Shagamu, SP Okiki Agunbiade, was on routine patrol with his men.
According to him, the team sighted a Toyota Sienna car marked MUS 86 FN with some occupants with suspicious look.
The policemen stopped the driver, but instead of stopping, he sped off towards Ijebu-Ode road.
The DPO ordered his men to chase them.
Having realised that they were being pursued, the men in the car started firing at the policemen while on the move and the policemen fired back.
The suspects later jumped down, abandoned the car and ran into the bush.
The policemen chased them into the bush and shot one of them dead while others escaped with gunshot injuries.
Rescued from the abandoned car are a youth corps member identified as Okoroji Agnes attached to the Federal Girls College, Sagamu, and one Tawa Sosanwo.
The two victims narrated how they were kidnapped at various locations by the hoodlums and were being taken to unknown destinations before police intercepted them on the road.
Their operational car was recovered with one black toy gun, one gold wrist watch, one Samsung Galaxy S7 phone, one cutlass, and one black wrist watch.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Kenneth Ebrimson, who was full of praise for the gallantry displayed by his men appealed to members of the public, especially hospitals, to inform the police if anybody with gunshots injuries were seen in their area.
He also assured the members of the public that the fleeing members of the gang would be hunted and arrested within the shortest possible time.
