Police kill kidnap kingpins, rescue victim

 

ENUGU, Nigeria – Officials of the Nigeria Police Force, Enugu command have killed two kidnap kingpins and rescued one of their victims along the Enugu/Port-Harcourt Expressway.

The tactical led by the Deputy Commissioner of Police in-charge of Operations, DCP Olasoji Akinbayo also rescued a male kidnap victim (names withheld) at Centenary, along Enugu/Port-Harcourt Expressway, at around 8PM after a gun battle with the hoodlums.

“One of the miscreants, simply identified as “Baron”, was neutralized on-the-spot in the ensuing shootout, while others escaped with varying degrees of gunshot wounds.

The victim’s black-coloured Lexus 350 Jeep was recovered alongside 1 locally made revolver gun loaded with for 4 cartridges and another locally fabricated pistol belonging to the criminal elements”, Police Public Relations Officer for the zone, Daniel Ndukwe said in a statement.

He said manhunt for the fleeing members of the gang led to the discovery and recovery of the lifeless body of the second neutralized hoodlum, simply identified as Chukwunonso a.k.a. “Nolly”, in the morning hours of today, 21/08/2023, in a forest at the location of the gun duel.

He said the two neutralized members of the criminal gang have been on the criminals’ watch-list of the Command, and attributed the operational success swift response to a distress call on the kidnap of the victim, along Agbani Road Enugu, in the said night.