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Police Rescues Kidnapped Victim, Recover 2 AK 47 In Kogi

By Noah Ocheni, Lokoja

Police operatives attached to Ajaokuta Division has rescued a kidnapped victim and recovered two AK 47 rifles with twenty nine rounds of live ammunition.

According to the spoke person of Kogi state Police Command, DSP William Ayah in a press statement issued on Monday and made available to newsmen, stated 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 adopted a man into the bush.

“Consequent upon the report, the Divisional Police Officer CSP Shola led a team of officers to the scene, stormed their hideout and engaged them in a gun duel which made the hoodlums fled with bullet wounds.”

The victim according to the Police was rescued unhurt and two (2) AK 47 rifles with twenty nine (29) rounds of ammunition were recovered.

“The Commissioner of Police Kogi State Command, Ede Ayuba Ekpeji calls on members of the public to sharpens 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 assured the law abiding people of the Sate that the renewed commitment of the Kogi State Police Command to sustain the tempo of the fight against criminality in the State.

Ekpeji affirmed that protection of lives and property remains unequivocal and unwavering.

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