Suspected kidnapper killed in Edo

Suspected kidnapper has been killed by the police along the Benin-Auchi Expressway in Edo Sttae

The Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Jennifer Iwegbu, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, said the suspect was killed on Saturday around 7:20pm 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 the command CP, Abutu Yaro, a kidnapper was decimated at Iyuku Road by Imeke Junction, Benin-Auchi Expressway, on 09/07/2022 around 7.20pm while operatives of the command were on a 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.”