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Police Thwart  Kidnapping Attempt At Ogun Poultry Farm, rescue Manager

 

 

The Ogun Police Command has successfully thwarted a kidnapping attempt at Flourishing Poultry Farm, rescuing manager Tunde Osifowokan just three days after his abduction by suspected Fulani herdsmen.

During the operation in Idowa, Odogbolu Local Government Area, police eliminated five kidnappers while three others managed to flee with gunshot wounds.

Initially targeting his elder brother, the gunmen had kidnapped Osifowokan instead.

Commissioner of Police Abiodun Alamutu revealed that police had been tracking the armed assailants following reports of their activities in the area, adding that Osifowokan was safely rescued and has been reunited with his family, unharmed.

He stated, “At about 4am on Thursday, our Anti-Kidnapping Unit stormed the kidnappers’ hideout at Odogbolu forest on the Sagamu-Benin Expressway.

“The kidnappers engaged the squad in a fierce gun battle during which five of them, out of about eight, were neutralised while the rest escaped with bullet wounds.

“Exhibits recovered from the dead among the kidnappers are cash sum of N1,185,070 suspected to be part of the ransom the kidnappers had collected.

“Other exhibits are one sword, cellphones, substances suspected to be hard drugs, charms, empty shells of AK47 riffle and sticks.”

The Police boss further asserted that the command has intensified efforts to apprehend all the fleeing suspects, warning that criminals intent on testing the strong resolve of the police in the state will be met with stiff resistance.

Meanwhile, the corpses of the kidnappers have been deposited at the morgue of a General Hospital for autopsy.

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