Hunters gun down three kidnappers, arrest two informants in Kogi
Three kidnappers were on Saturday morning killed in a gun battle with hunters along Okene/Lokoja highway.
The two informants arrested were identified as Mr Godwin Peter a native of Ikeje in Olamaboro Local Government Area and one Sanni Habib, a native of Idoji in Okene Local Government Area. The Senior Special Adviser Security in charge of Adavi Local Government Area Joseph Omuya Salami told our correspondent on Saturday that, “upon getting to their hideouts, which was led by my self and my Okehi colleague, the hunters engaged the kidnappers in a gun battle during which three of them were gunned down while others escaped with gunshots wounds.“Upon interrogation, the suspects both confessed that they were informants who gave information to kidnappers for their operations”.
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