•••FOIL KIDNAP ATTEMPT ON PASSENGERS OF COMMERCIAL BUS
Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have killed six kidnappers along the Lagos-Benin Express Way.
The Spokesman of the Edo State Police Command, Mr Bello Kotongs said in a statement on Wednesday that the neutralized hoodlums were suspected to be part of the criminal ring terrorizing the Benin-Lagos Express Way.
He said that the kidnappers were shot dead while they were trying to whisk away passengers of a commercial bus which they intercepted.
The Police Spokesman said that the bus which took off from Lagos was heading to the East when it ran into the kidnappers.
He explained that a team of operatives on patrol sighted the suspected kidnappers and engaged them in a gun duel which led to injuries that resulted in the death of the six hoodlums.
“Operatives of the Edo State Police Command while on investigation activities along Benin/Lagos bypass, neutralized six suspected kidnappers who are believed to be part of the notorious gang terrorizing the ever busy Benin/Lagos express way and environs today 13/04/2022.
“Luck ran out on the suspected kidnappers while trying to whisk away passengers of an 18 seater bus they intercepted travelling from Lagos to the East.
“The team of operatives, on sighting the suspected kidnappers engaged them in a gun duel.
“The superior fire power of the team of police operatives injured six of them and were subsequently arrested, taken to the hospital but confirmed dead by the medical practitioner on duty, while others fled in different directions with various degrees of bullet injuries.” The statement read
