Police in Delta State, South-South Nigeria, said they have killed two suspected kidnappers Udu District Government from the country.
The police spokesperson in the state, Bright Edafe, disclosed this in a statement on Monday.
Mr. Edafe, the deputy superintendent of police, said the suspects were killed on Thursday when operatives raided a club in the council area after receiving information that the suspects were seen in the area.
How they were killed
The police spokesperson said the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of the Ovwian Aladja Police Headquarters, Aliyu Shaba, planned an operation to the club in response to information that the suspects were there.
He said the operation succeeded in arresting one of the suspects in the club who also claimed to be a member of a robbery and kidnapping gang.
The arrested suspect then led officers to a hideout in the council area, where the gang members engaged police in a shootout.
“During the gunfight, one of the suspects was neutralized by the operatives,” said Mr. Edafe.
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A police spokesman said the suspect, who was initially arrested at the club, was injured in the shootout while other gang members managed to escape.
“The wounded suspect gave up the ghost before he could go to the hospital,” he said, adding that a hunt for fleeing gang members was underway.
One AK-47 rifle and 27 rounds of live ammunition were among the items recovered from the suspect during the operation, according to police.
Robbery syndicate
Mr. Edafe said the police, in a separate incident, arrested a suspect, Titus Sunday, 49, who allegedly broke into the house of a person who stole property.
The police spokesman said the arrest of the suspect followed a directive from the Commissioner of Police in Delta State, Muhammed Ali, to the various DPOs in the state to “endorse” those behind the incessant robbery attacks in the state or risk dismissed from the force.
The suspect, Mr. Sunday, was arrested in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, he said.
“During interrogation, the suspect confessed to being part of a syndicate that specializes in stealing generators in Asaba metropolis (in Delta State),” Mr. Edafe said.
The suspect then led an operation to Awka, the Anambra State capital, where a 220 KVA generator stolen in Asaba was recovered, the police said.
“The suspect, on Sunday, January 29, also led the operatives to a hideout in Asaba, and seven others suspected of having stolen sound generators were recovered,” he added.
He said the police had launched a manhunt to trace the absconding syndicate members.
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