A suspected kidnapper has met his demise after sustaining gunshot wounds in a fierce gun battle with operatives of the Delta State Police Command in Nsukwa community.
The incident unfolded after the deceased kidnapper and his gang successfully collected a N5 million ransom from a victim who was abducted along the Ashama Anu-Ugbo Farm Nsukwa road.
Delta State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe, confirmed the development in a statement.
Edafe stated, “On 08/12/2023, the DPO Nsukwa Division received a distress call that a victim (name withheld) was kidnapped while driving home with his motorcycle along Ashama Anu-Ugbo Farm Nsukwa, and a Five Million Naira (#5,000,000) ransom was demanded by the kidnappers.”
“Upon alerting the Police about the kidnapping incident, an intensified operation was conducted.”
“On Saturday, 09 December 2023, at about 1210hrs, acting on credible intelligence about the arrangement of the kidnappers about the collection of the demanded ransom, the Divisional Police Officer, CSP George Omunu swiftly mobilized men of the Divisional Patrol Teams with the active support from operatives of Command’s tactical teams and other security stakeholders within the Nsukwa Area, as they proceeded on an intensive search and rescue operations.”
“The suspects were traced at different locations within the Egbudu-Akah bush, where the team combed the bushes relentlessly.”
“The kidnappers, upon sighting the rescue team closing up on them from a distance, opened fire on the team.”
“This ferocious hostility necessitated the police to respond with superior firepower which eventually forced the captors to hastily take to their heels, leaving behind the male victim who was then rescued unhurt.”
“Afterward, at about 1430hrs of the same date, following up on intelligence, the operational team proceeded back to Egbudu-Akah bush where one of the suspected kidnappers (name unknown) was apprehended with bullet wounds.”
The suspect was swiftly rushed to General Hospital Isheagu for medical attention where he died while receiving treatment.
