Police Kill Two Suspected Kidnappers, Rescue Three Indians In Ogun

• Odutola said that the suspects were killed during a rescue operation carried out by personnel of the command to rescue some abducted Indian nationals.
• The policemen engaged the kidnappers in a fierce gun battle in the forest along Benin-Sagamu Papalanto and succeeded in the rescue of the victims unhurt.

The police command in Ogun says its operatives has neutralised two suspected kidnappers terrorising travellers on the Sagamu Ijebu-Ode-Benin road.

The kidnappers were killed when the police engaged them in a gun duel on Tuesday during a rescue operation.

In a statement on Tuesday, Omolola Odutola, spokesperson of the Ogun police command, said the operation carried out by to rescue some abducted Indian nationals.

She noted that they were abducted on Friday, listing theerr names; Tejaram Chauhan, Kaduwal Pradhan and Medani Kathiwada.

She said the distress call was to alert the DPO that a gang of kidnappers had opened fire on two vehicles conveying his principals at Kajola junction, along Sagamu -Siun- Abeokuta road.

The manager said that the police escort attached to the first vehicle marked FST 686 YH exchanged fire with the kidnappers and managed to escape with all the occupants in the vehicle.

“Three Indian Nationals inside the second bus without police escort were all kidnapped to an unknown destination,” Odutola said.

“The anti-kidnapping section of the command in concert with police formations in the axis with other local security agents swung into action by combing the area

“The policemen engaged the kidnappers in a fierce gun battle in the forest along Benin-Sagamu Papalanto and succeeded in the rescue of the victims unhurt.

“In the course of the encounter, two of the six kidnappers were demobilised. Two AK-47 rifles, one single barrel locally made gun, one sword, cell phone , criminal charms and 65 rounds of ammunition were recovered.

“The two demobilised suspect have been deposited at the public mortuary, while intensive efforts are ongoing to arrest the four fleeing members of the gang.”

Odutola added that the command also recovered N7.9 million and 1500 Indian Rupees suspected to have been part of the ransom collected from their victims.