Kogi Police rescue kidnapped victim, recover two AK 47 rifles with 29 rounds of ammunition

The Police operatives attached to Ajaokuta Division has rescued a kidnapped victim and recovered two AK 47 rifles with 29 rounds of live ammunition according to the spoke person of Kogi State Police Command, DSP William Ayah.

DSP Ayah in a press statement issued, on Monday, which copy was made available to Tribune Online stated that the Police operatives acted on a report received at about 0330hrs of 25/4/2021 that four armed men stopped a vehicle at PYN junction Ajaokuta and adopted a man into the bush.

“Consequent upon the report, the Divisional Police Officer, CSP Shola Night, led a team of officers to the scene and trailed the hoodlums to the bush, stormed their hideout and engaged them in a gun duel which led the hoodlums to fle with bullet wounds. While the victim was rescued unhurt and two AK 47 rifles with 29 rounds of ammunition were recovered.

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“The Commissioner of Police Kogi State Command, Ede Ayuba Ekpeji calls on members of the public to sharpens their power of observation and be on the lookout on anybody seen with bullet wounds and report to the nearest Police Station or any other security agents.

“He assures the law-abiding people of the State that the renewed commitment of the Kogi State Police Command to sustain the tempo of the fight against criminality in the state and guarantee the protection of life and property remains unequivocal and unwavering,” the statement noted.

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