From Joseph Amedu, Lokoja
Ede Ayuba Ekpeji, CP, Kogi State
Police operatives attached to Ajaokuta Division has rescued a kidnapped victim and recovered two AK 47 rifles with 29 rounds of live ammunition.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Kogi Command of the Nigeria Police Force, DSP Williams Ayah in a press statement issued, on Monday, which copy was made available to our Correspondent, disclosed that the Police operatives acted on a report received at about 0330hrs of 25/4/2021 that four armed men stopped a vehicle at PYN junction Ajaokuta and abducted a man into the bush.
“Consequent upon the report, the Divisional Police Officer, CSP Shola Night, led a team of officers to the scene and trailed the hoodlums to the bush, stormed their hideout and engaged them in a gun duel which led the hoodlums to flee with bullet wounds while the victim was rescued unhurt and two AK 47 rifles with 29 rounds of ammunition were recovered.
“The Commissioner of Police, Kogi State Command, Ede Ayuba Ekpeji calls on members of the public to sharpen their power of observation and be on the lookout on anybody seen with bullet wounds and report to the nearest Police Station or any other security agents.
“He assures the law-abiding people of the state that the renewed commitment of the Kogi State Police Command to sustain the tempo of the fight against criminality in the state and guarantee the protection of life and property remains unequivocal and unwavering,” the statement noted.
