The Delta State Police Command Monday said it killed a suspected kidnapper, arrested one and rescued a kidnapped victim at Abraka.
This was coming days after suspected gunmen kidnapped three persons in Ughelli metropolis.
Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe in a statement revealed that about 21:09hrs, operatives of Abraka police station led by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Fabian Ayameh, while on routine patrol along campus III road Abraka, Ethiope East LGA, they were alerted of a kidnap incident at a filling station in Abraka by a gang of four armed men operating in a silver coloured Lexus SUV with reg. no. KSF 315 HF.
He added that the team swiftly mobilised and went on the trail of the kidnappers.
Edafe noted that the suspects, noticing that the policemen were closing in on them, fired gunshots while trying to escape, and the police responded bravely.
He added: “Due to the superior firepower of the police, their operational vehicle was successfully demobilised which made the hoodlums abandon the victim, jumped out of the vehicle, took to their heels running in different directions while firing gunshots in a bid to escape.
“The combat ready policemen engaged the hoodlums in a gun duel and successfully neutralized one of them, arrested one other with serious gunshot injuries while two others escaped. One AK 47 rifle with breech no 06571 without magazine was recovered.”
The police stressed that the victim who was kidnapped at the filling station had been reunited with his family, while a manhunt for the other fleeing suspect was ongoing.
