Police kill 2 kidnappers in Ebonyi
The Police Force in Ebonyi State said on Monday that it killed two kidnappers in Ezzagu community in Ishielu Local Government Area of the state.
According to the command, the kidnappers were indigenes of Ezzagu community and were shot dead by a combined team of Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, of the Ebonyi Police Command during a gun battle.
It added that the police command also arrested one kidnapper who abducted a victim from Enugu State and took him to Ikwo Local Government Area of the state.
The armed police team stormed the area to rescue three victims, who included 2 men and a girl, who were kidnapped Wednesday last week.
Parading the suspects at the police headquarters, Abakiliki, the Public Relations Officer of the Command, DSP Loveth Odah, said that two officers sustained bullet wounds during the separate encounters. Odah added that the command was combing the forests to rescue the female victim.
