Operatives of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad ( FSARS ) of the police have killed a suspected kidnapper after night invasion of Ilaro forest, Ogun State, for members of a kidnapping gang.
The gangโs victim, Sanni Dan Nasarawa, who escaped from their den after spending a week with them in the forest, reported his abduction to the Police in Abeokuta which made the FSARS to storm the forest and in the process, one of them was shot dead while seven others escaped with wounds.
Sani Nasarawa was said to escaped when the rope used to tie him snapped by night while his abductors were fast asleep.
An AK47 riffle loaded with 15rounds of ammunition was recovered from them.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a release, stated that the kidnapper was shot dead on Friday morning on discovering their hide out after the FSARS combed the forest all through Thursday night.
Abimbola the dead kidnapper is a member of a kidnap syndicate terrorizing Ilaro and its environs.
โHe was a member of kidnapping syndicate when in the early hour of Friday 2nd of February, he was shot dead by men of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad led by Uba Adam.
โThe gang have earlier kidnapped one Sanni Dan Nasarawa, took him to a thick forest where they tied him down for seven days waiting for his people to pay them ransom.
โLuck however smiles on him when the rope they used to tie him got loose while his abductors were fast asleep. He subsequently escaped and ran to FSARS office in Abeokuta where he lodged complain.
โUpon his report, the officer โin charge FSARS quickly mobilized his men and followed the victim to the forest. The team combed the forest from6pm of 1st February up till about 4:00am of 2nd February before they came across the gang who engaged them in serious gun battle which lasted for almost an hour.
โAt the end of the encounter, one of the suspects was gunned down while others numbering about seven escaped with various degree of gunshot injuries.
The Police Spokesman in the state state appealed to the public, especially hospitals and traditional healers, to report anybody they see with gunshot injury in their vicinity.
