Suspected Kidnapper shot dead by Police in Ogun

A suspected kidnapper has been shot dead by the Police in Ogun state.

Spokesman of the state Police Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who made this known said luck, ran against the suspect, who is a member of an alleged kidnap syndicate terrorizing Ilaro and its environs in the early hour of yesterday, when he was shot dead by men of Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) led by the officer in-charge, in the state Police Command, Uba Adam.

          

Oyeyemi said the gang had earlier allegedly kidnapped one Sanni Dan Nasarawa and took him to a thick forest where they tied him down for seven days waiting for his people to pay ransom.

He added the rope they used to tie the victim later got loose while his abductors were fast asleep, leading to his escape last Thursday.

The spokesman said Sanni then ran to FSARS office in Abeokuta, the state capital where he reported to the Police.

          

He added that the FSARS operatives combed the forest from 6pm on Thursday up till about 4:00am on Friday (yesterday), before they came across the gang who engaged them in serious gun battle which lasted for almost an hour.

Oyeyemi said that at the end of the encounter, one of the suspects was gunned down while others numbering about seven escaped with various degree of gunshot injuries.

He added that one AK47 riffle loaded with 15rounds of ammunition was recovered from the dead suspect.

          

The state Police Commissioner, Ahmed Iliyasu according to him has appealed to members of the public especially hospitals as well as traditional healers to report anybody they see with gunshot injury in their vicinity to the Police.