OGUN POLICE COMMAND SHOT DEAD 6 KIDNAPPERS, RESCUED 2 MEDICAL DOCTORS FROM CAPTIVITY

Ilyasu who led journalists in company of Head of operations of Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, FSARS,Adams Uba late Tuesday  said the notorious gang always targeted motorists on the highway, and after kidnapping them, forced them into the forest, and subsequently contacted their family for ransom.

He said police had been on their trail for some months, and after discovery of the hideout through intelligence tactics, the authorities stormed the forest to wage fight against the bandits, resulting in the death of six members of the gang

‘Our men stormed the forest on Tuesday and after the bandits engaged our men in a shootout, six of them were shot dead, having wounded two of our men, who are responding to treatment. The last two victims of the gang were two medical doctors, who were rescued unhurt’, Ilyasu said.

The police boss commended the men of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) for their gallantry and professionalism in dealing with criminals, with assurance that they would be recommended for promotion at any time of their resounding performances

Meanwhile, exhibits recovered from the gang in the hideout include, locally made pistol, dane gun, charms, cutlasses and other dangerous weapons just as the commissioner ordered the pulling down of the dilapidated buildings in the forest