Crime
Police Foil Abduction Of 18 Passengers, Gun Down Six Suspected Kidnappers In Edo

By Daniel Dafe
Operatives of the Edo State Police Command on Wednesday while on investigation activities along Benin/Lagos bypass, neutralized six (6) suspected kidnappers who are believed to be part of the notorious gang terrorizing the ever busy Benin/Lagos express way and environs.
The suspected kidnappers met their Waterloo while trying to whisk away passengers of an 18 seater bus they intercepted travelling from Lagos to the East.
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The team of operatives, on sighting the suspected kidnappers engaged them in a gun duel.
The superior fire power of the team of police operatives injured six (6) of them and were subsequently arrested, taken to the hospital but confirmed dead by the medical practitioner on duty, while others fled in different directions with various degrees of bullet injuries.
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