LAGOS – Following a gun battle between operatives of Ogun State Police Command and a gang of kidnappers, who abducted a Tipper driver in the State on Friday afternoon at Mologede area of Odeda Local Government Area as a result of which one of the kidnappers was shot dead while others escaped with varying degrees of gunshot injury.
The police said one of the kidnappers who escaped with bullets wound had been found dead in the bush, while another one was arrested.
Abimbola Oyeyemi, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ogun State Command, disclosed this on Sunday, in a statement made available to Daily Independent.
It would be recalled that a Tipper driver was abducted on Friday at Mologede village, following which the DPO of Bode Olude Division, DSP Durojaye Rotimi, mobilised his men in conjunction with other security men to the scene, where the hoodlums engaged them in fierce gun battle, as a result of which one the hoodlums was shot dead and the victim rescued.
He said other members of the gang escaped with gunshot injuries.
“A massive manhunt for the escaped members of the gang was ordered by the Commissioner of Police, CP Edward Awolowo Ajogun.
“In compliance with the order, the entire forest of Mologede was combed, and in the process, the dead body of one of the kidnappers was found, while another with bullets wound was arrested.
“The arrested one who identified himself as Mohammed Bello was discovered to be an ex- convict who has just been released from prison custody in Ibadan Oyo State.
“Some packets of tramadol and weeds suspected to be Indian hemp was recovered from them,” Oyeyemi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police said.
Meanwhile, CP Ajogun has ordered the transfer of the suspect to anti kidnapping unit of State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation.
