Police neutralise five kidnappers operating on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command, on Wednesday, fatally injured five suspected kidnappers operating on the Lagos-Ibadan highway.

The Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, CSP Omolola Odutola, in a statement, said the hoodlums were engaged in their hideout, while the Police engaged them.

Odutola said the Area Commander, Sagamu, last Saturday, received a distress call from commuters travelling on the Sagamu -Ijebu Ode highway, that there was an armed robbery attack, near Ilishan Remo, area of the State.

The PPRO said a crack team of officers was immediately deployed to the scene of the incident, saying the officers upon arrival noticed that a group of unidentified gunmen had set up a roadblock using an articulated truck, indiscriminately opening fire on unarmed passengers, causing widespread panic.

She said three commuters, Bolaji Bilesanmi ‘m’, 65yrs; Olasunkanmi Idowu ‘m’ 50yrs and Mohammed Salisu ‘m’ (age unknown) were abducted into the forest from two vehicles, a Honda Pilot with registration number LAGOS EKY113GZ and a Honda Accord Car marked LAGOS KJA13QFA.

She explained that the State Police Commissioner, CP Lanre Ogunlowo, directed his men to locate the hideout of the hoodlums.

The kidnappers upon sighting the Police were said to have opened fire while the Police engaged them, leaving five fatally injured and others escaping with gun wounds.

Odutola said one AK-47 rifle; ten rounds of 5.6mm calibre ammunition; ₦5.2 million (suspected to be proceeds of crime) and three mobile phones were recovered from the scene.

While the three kidnapped victims were rescued unhurt by the Police.

The PPRO said efforts are on to arrest injured members of the syndicate.

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