Ogun police in gun duel with kidnappers, kill two, arrest one

Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta

Following the reported gun battle between men of Ogun state police command and a group of kidnappers, who abducted a Tipper driver last week Friday afternoon at Mologede area of Odeda local government, the state command said it has recovered the body of another kidnapper shot dead during the deadly encounter.

The police command revealed this in a statement by its Spokesman, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi on Sunday.

The police said, “It will be recalled that a Tipper driver was abducted on Friday at Mologede village, following which the DPO of Bode Olude division, DSP Durojaye Rotimi, mobilized his men in conjunction with other security men to the scene,  where the hoodlums engaged them in fierce gun battle as a result of which one of the hoodlums was shot dead and the victim rescued.”

Other members of the gang were said to have escaped with gunshot injuries, however, a massive manhunt for the escaped members of the gang was ordered by the Commissioner of Police, CP Edward Awolowo Ajogun.

The statement explained that in compliance with the Commissioner of Police order, the entire forest of Mologede was combed, and in the process, the dead body of one of the kidnappers was found while another with bullets wound was arrested.

The arrested suspect who was said to have identified himself as Mohammed Bello was discovered to be an ex- convict who has just been released from prison custody in Ibadan, Oyo State.

Some packets of tramadol and weed suspected to be Indian hemp were also reportedly recovered from them.

The Commissioner of Police, CP Edward Awolowo Ajogun, has however ordered the transfer of the suspect to anti-kidnapping unit of state criminal investigation and intelligence department for further investigation.