The Kogi State Police Command said it has rescued a kidnap victim, after trailing the abductors to their hideout in Ajaokuta local government area of the state.
It added that two AK-47 rifles and 29 live ammunition were recovered from the kidnappers’ den, who fled the scene with bullet wounds following exchange of fire power with the operatives.
The command in a statement on Monday, signed by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), William Aya, said that the unnamed victim was abducted on Sunday.
Aya, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), stated that the victim’s vehicle was stopped by four armed men, around the PYN junction, following which they whisked him into the bush.
The statement marked CZ:5300/KGS/PPRO/VOL.T/79, read: “Police operatives attached to Ajaokuta Division on 25th April, 2021 at about 2000hrs rescued a kidnapped victim and recovered two (2) AK47 rifles with twenty nine (29) rounds of live ammunition.
“The police operatives acted on a report received at about 0330hrs of 25/4/2021 that four armed men stopped a vehicle at PYN junction Ajaokuta and adopted a man into the bush.
“Consequent upon the report, the Divisional Police Officer, CSP Shola Night, led a team of officers to the scene and trailed the hoodlums to the bush, stormed their hideout and engaged them in a gun duel which led the hoodlums to flee with bullet wounds, while the victim was rescued unhurt and two (2) AK47 rifles with twenty nine (29) rounds of ammunition were recovered.”
The Commissioner of Police, Kogi State Command, Ede Ayuba Ekpeji, called on members of the public to sharpen their power of observation and be on the lookout on anybody seen with bullet wounds and report to the nearest police station or any other security agents.
He assured the law abiding people of the state that the renewed commitment of the Kogi State Police Command to sustain the tempo of the fight against criminality in the state and guarantee protection of live and property remains unequivocal and unwavering.
