Police operatives intercepted a gang of kidnappers and rescued the victims in a South-eastern state. The gang opened fire on the patrol team but was overpowered by the police and local vigilantes.
The victims were rescued on Friday when police operatives intercepted a gang of kidnappers taking the victims to an unknown location. Tochukwu Ikenga, the police spokesperson in the state, said in a statement, on Saturday, that police operatives intercepted a suspected kidnap gang on Friday while they were taking the victims through an exit route from the state.
Mr Ikenga, a superintendent of police, said the operatives were on patrol with local vigilantes when they intercepted the hoodlums along the Amagu-Awgbu Road in Orumba North Local Government Area of the South-eastern state. “The gang, which opened fire sporadically on sighting the patrol team, bowed to police-vigilante superior firepowe
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