Two kidnap victims (name withheld) were weekend rescued from kidnappers’ den in Delta State.
The Delta State Police Command received an intelligence report that some suspected kidnappers were hibernating in Okuno, Orogun, where they were hiding alongside some kidnapped victims.
The commissioner of police, Delta state, CP Abaniwonda Olufemi, directed the DPO Abraka Division, SP Fabian Ayameh to lead police operatives to their hideout.
The DPO swiftly mobilised police operatives alongside members of the Abraka vigilante and hunters group, stormed the bush and engaged the suspected kidnappers in a fierce gun duel during which one of the suspect sustained serious gunshot injuries while others escaped.
The Police public relations officer, (PPRO), in the state, SP Bright Edafe confirmed that “One AK-47 rifle and 11 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition were recovered.”
He said the two kidnapped victims were rescued unhurt and have been reunited with their families, while the injured suspect was taken to the hospital where he gave up the ghost while receiving treatment.
“Manhunt for the other fleeing suspects is ongoing,” the statement concluded.
Meanwhile, a young man in his prime has been murdered in Abavo while in the farm at Okpe village just as the branch chairman of a vigilante outfit, one Mr Beye was hacked down while struggling to rescue kidnapped victims in the area.
