Barely 24 hours after two suspected members of a kidnap syndicate were gunned down in Itori area of Ewekoro local government, operatives of Ogun State Police Command, have killed another suspected kidnapper.
One other was arrested.
The encounter before the arrest and killing was t Ilala forest in Imala area of Abeokuta North local government area of Ogun State.
The gun battle between the police and the kidnappers was as a result of information received by the police at Imala divisional headquarters that six armed kidnappers were sighted in the forest.
Upon the information, the Divisional Police Officer of Imala ddivision, CSP Bernard Ediagbonya, quickly mobilised his men, the hunters, vigilance men, So Safe Corps as well as Fulani youths and stormed the forest.
On getting to the scene, the hoodlums, who sighted the team from afar opened fire on them, and the team engaged them in gun duel.
In the process, one of the hoodlums was gunned down, while another one who identified himself as Usman Maidama was arrested. Other members of the gang escaped into the bush with gunshot injuries.
Recovered from them are one single barrel gun, one face mask and two pairs of sandal.
The command’s onslaught operations against bandits have been yielding positive results.
Four Ak 47 riffles the police said, had been recovered from hoodlums within the last three weeks, while some of the bandits had met their waterloo during exchange of fire within the same period.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Edward Awolowo Ajogun, who expressed satisfaction with the consistent fight against criminals by men of the command had ordered the transfer of the case to anti-kidnapping unit of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for discreet investigation.
He assured the people of the state that the clamp down on hoodlums in every part of the state would be a continuous exercise.
He also directed that the escaped members of the gang be hunted for, and brought to justice as soon as possible.
