The Nigeria Police has disclosed that its operatives attached to the Delta State Command neutralized four kidnappers in a gun duel at a forest along the Asaba/Agbor expressway in the state.
This operation, according to ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, Abuja in a statement, followed the arrest of Abubakar Usman, alias Shehu, the leader of a notorious kidnapping gang. Under interrogation.
Adejobi explained that Shehu confessed to multiple crimes, including the kidnapping of a medical doctor in Issele-uku, Delta State, and the kidnapping and murder of the wife and daughter of Mr Godwin Anuka in Ogwashi-Uku.
“In the ensuing gun duel, the operatives successfully neutralized 4 members of the gang and recovered 3 AK-47 rifles and 90 rounds of Live Ammunition, ” he revealed..
“Further investigation led to the recovery of 15 locally fabricated revolver rifles, 102 live cartridges, and 6 expended cartridges from the suspects. Investigations are being intensified to locate the factory where these illegal arms are being produced and arrest other culprits, he added.
