According to PM News the
Lagos State Special Anti-robbery Squad has killed seven suspected kidnappers;
and arrested two others during a cross fire in Agbara area of Ogun State,
southwest Nigeria.
Police alleged that the
suspects were behind the kidnap of Lagos politician Kehinde Bamigbetan, Chairman
of Ejigbo Local Council Development Area in Lagos State, southwest Nigeria.
Police said the arrested
suspects are 27-year old Ogbonna Emenike and 25-year old Uchenna Nwanyu. The
shootout took place at the weekend.
The items recovered from
the suspects include four AK 47 Rifles, twenty-Eight AK 47 Magazine fully
loaded and a thousand round of live ammunition. Others are army uniforms, a
Honda CRV jeep with Reg No.ABC106AE and a Nissan Pathfinder Reg No.AGL730AZ as
well as local charms.
The officer in charge of
SARS said: “when I received the information about their hideout in Agbara in
Ogun State, I quickly mobilised my men to their camp where they lodged.
“After 72hours of
waiting in ambush, I and my squadron team stormed the place where all the
kidnappers have gathered around 6.30 a.m. on 24/06/2013.
“As a result of this,
seven of the kidnappers were fatally wounded during a heavy gun battle between
the kidnappers and my men.
“Two of the kidnappers
one Ogbonna Emenike and Uchenna Nnwayu were arrested alive with bullet wound.
“Also an Indian National
one Mr. Vivex Changrani who was kidnapped in Ikoyi, at about 12 a.m. was also
rescued successfully in the kidnappers’ hideout.”
The Lagos State
commissioner of Police Mr. Umar Abubakar Manko warned other kidnappers to flee
Lagos.
“Criminals will not have
comfort in Lagos. Lagos is not a comfort zone. My advice (for criminals) is to
go away from Lagos,” Manko said.
Bamigbetan was kidnapped
in April by unidentified gunmen while he was about to enter his street, Ona Iwa
Mimo, Ori-Oke near Egbe bridge in Ejigbo.
He was with his driver,
Abiodun Olayiwola, in his black SUV with customised registration number Lagos
KOK when the gunmen waylaid him.
The council boss was
said to be on his way home from an official assignment when the incident
occurred.
His SUV was badly
damaged by an electric pole which stopped it while the driver tried to escape
from the gunmen.
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