Police, Hunters Neutralize 2 kidnappers As 9 Sustained Bullet Injuries After Gun Duel

…Victim Rescued In Osun

Two kidnappers on Tuesday were killed while nine others sustained bullet injuries after gun battle with police and local hunters in Iwo forest, Osun State.

CityMirrorNews reliably gathered that armed kidnappers numbering about eleven invaded a Fulani settlement at Agbese village near Idi Araba, Oke Oba, Iwo West Local Council Development Area(LCDA) to kidnap one cow merchant named Alhaji Adamu.

A top security source disclosed that the kidnappers took their victim into a forest around the area while a resident of the village informed the local hunters in the area.

The source said the local hunters later informed the police who mobilised to support the rescue team.

The security source explained that, “The police led the rescue operation in conjunction with the local hunters. We combed the forest and sighted the abductors and their captive. We engaged them in gun battle, during the cross exchange of fire, two of the abductors were neutralized while others escaped with gunshots injury.

“We rescue the victim and took him to a hospital in Iwo town. The remains of the fallen abductors had been taking to the Police station in Iwo.”

When contacted , the spokesperson of Osun State Police Command, Yemisi Opalola, she confirmed the incident stating that the command would not allow criminals have free hand in any part of the state.