The Police in Rivers State said Sunday that the Command killed three kidnappers who hijacked a commercial bus along the Etche-Owerri Road of the state.
The kidnappers, said to have been terrorising the axis of the East-West Road, were felled by police bullets during an exchange with operatives of the state Anti-Kidnapping Unit on Sunday morning.
Spokesperson for the State Police Command, Nnamdi Omoni, who confirmed the killings, to our correspondent, said arms and ammunition used by the gunmen were recovered.My sister once signed petition to restrict movement of trailers in Lagos – Brother of lady crushed by fallen container “We swung into action when we heard that the bus carrying 18 passengers was hijacked by armed robbers. They tried to kidnap the passengers on the bus. But we were able to rescue the kidnap victims.
“The armed robbers engaged our men but three of the robbers were fatally wounded. They were confirmed dead when they were taken to the hospital,” he said.
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