In a statement on Sunday, Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Jennifer Iwegbu, said the kidnapper was killed by the police officers at Iyuku Road by Imeke Junction, Benin-Auchi Expressway, on Saturday, at about 19:20hrs, during a routine patrol.
The statement read, “As a fallout of the recent strategic engagement of stakeholders in Edo State Security by the Acting Governor, Rt. Hon Philip Shaibu, and Command CP, CP Abutu Yaro, a kidnapper was decimated at Iyuku Road by Imeke Junction, Benin-Auchi Expressway, on 09/07/2022, at about 1920hrs, while operatives of the command were on routine patrol; others were wounded and took to flight.
“Subsequently, during bush combing along that axis, a corpse on black mask, suspected to be one of the hoodlums, was discovered. A locally made pistol was discovered on him.”
Iwegbu noted that the Commissioner of Police, while reassuring the general public of the command’s unalloyed commitment towards ensuring a peaceful state for Edo people, called for the spirit of patriotism by availing the command with credible information as such information would be speedily treated with high level confidentiality.
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