Five killed, one rescued as police, kidnappers engage in gun battle in Ogun

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Men of the Ogun state police command have killed five kidnappers during a gun battle that lasted about an hour in a forest in Odogbolu Local Government Area of the state.

The police took the fight to the kidnappers in their den following the abduction of a poultry manager, Tunde Osifowokan, in Idowa, Odogbolu Area of the state.

reports that one Osifowokan was, on Monday, kidnapped by heavily armed masked gunmen in a poultry farm he manages for his elder brother. But the Commissioner of Police in the state, Abiodun Alamutu, promised to smoke the kidnappers out of their hidden place. He noted that the police were already closing in on the kidnappers, as the police had immediately started trailing the armed gang since the incident was reported.

 

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