Police, Hunters, Vigilantes, Rescue Two Kidnap Victims, Recover AK-47 Rifle In Abraka

By Daniel Dafe

Two kidnap victims (name withheld) were on Friday rescued from kidnappers’ den.

The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, in the state, SP Bright Edafe, said this in a statement on Sunday.

According to him, “at about 0900hours, the command received an intelligence report that some suspected kidnappers were hibernating in Okuno, Orogun, where they were hiding alongside some kidnapped victims. The Commissioner of Police, Delta State, CP Abaniwonda Olufemi directed the DPO Abraka Division, SP Fabian Ayameh to lead police operatives to their hideout. The DPO swiftly mobilized police operatives alongside members of the Abraka vigilante, and hunters group, stormed the bush, and engaged the suspected kidnappers in a fierce gun duel during which one of the suspect sustained serious gunshot injuries while others escaped.”

He added: “One AK-47 rifle and eleven (11) rounds of 7.62mm ammunition were recovered.”

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Continuing, he said that ‘the two kidnapped victims (name withheld) were rescued unhurt and have been reunited with their families, while the injured suspect was taken to the hospital where he gave up the ghost while receiving treatment.”

“Manhunt for the other fleeing suspects is ongoing,” the statement concluded.

Recall that Oasis Magazime had reported that the kidnap operation took place in Abraka.