The Lagos State Police Command has killed a nine-man suspected kidnap gang within the state.
Confirmed police sources told Channels Television on Friday that the command’s Special Squad One Team achieved the feat when it engaged the men around the Ajao, Okota, Isolo, and Ladipo axis of the state.
The source added that five AK-47 rifles and two SUV jeeps were recovered during the operations.
In a briefing later in the day, the spokesman of the Lagos State Police Command Benjamin Hundeyin said the feat was owing to an intelligence report.
“The kidnappers who were caught unawares would not give up easily as they engaged the police officers in a shoot-out. They of course bowed to the superior firepower of the police. Nine of them were neutralized while two escaped with gunshot injuries,” he said.
“Four AK-47 rifles, four locally-made semiautomatic pistols, nine AK47 magazines, three walkie-talkies, one POS machine, and a loudspeaker were recovered from them. Also recovered are their two operational vehicles: one black Toyota 4Runner and a blue Lexus RX350. Meanwhile, investigations are ongoing to arrest the fleeing suspects.”
‘Notorious gang of kidnappers’
Hundeyin said the “dangerous and very notorious gang of kidnappers” were planning to kidnap some high net-worth individuals in Lagos before the police swung into action.
“This breakthrough is in addition to several other breakthroughs we have made in recent times in identifying and apprehending gangs of kidnappers and armed robbers while planning their crimes,” the police said.
