By Dada Ahmed in Lokoja
The Police operatives attached to Ajaokuta Division have rescued a kidnapped victim and recovered 2 AK47 rifles with 29 rounds of live ammunition.
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 The Reporters 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 Ajaokuta and adopted 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 hideout and engaged them in a gun duel which led the hoodlums fled with bullet wounds. While 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 on anybody seen with bullet wounds and report to the nearest Police Station or any other security agents.
“He assures the law abiding people of the Sate that the renewed commitment of the Kogi State Police Command to sustain the tempo of the fight against criminality in the State and guarantee protection of live and property remain unequivocal and unwavering.”
