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Police rescues kidnapped victim, recovers two AK47 rifles in Kogi
This is contained in a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO); for the command in the state, DSP William Ovye Aya with a copy made available to DAILY POST in Lokoja on Monday.
Ayah said: ”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 in Ajaokuta and abducted 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 hideouts and engaged them in a gun duel which led the hoodlums to escape with bullet wounds. The victim was rescued unhurt and two (2) AK47 rifles with twenty-nine (29) rounds of ammunition were recovered.
“The Commissioner of Police, Kogi State Command, Ede Ayuba Ekpeji, calls on members of the public to sharpen their power of observation and be on the lookout for anybody seen with bullet wounds and report to the nearest Police Station or any other security agents.
“He assures law-abiding people of the State of the renewed commitment of the Kogi State Police Command to sustain the tempo on the fight against criminality in the State and guarantee protection of lives and property.”
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