***Rescued Three Indian Nationals unharmed.
Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command on Monday, 7th May 2024 recorded a breakthrough over daredevil kidnappers terrorising the peace of the State.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, while addressing news men said on the fourth of May,2024 a distress call was put across to the DPO of Mowe Divisional headquarters over the kidnapping of three Indian Nationals at Kajola junction along the Ibadan-Lagos expressway.
”On the 4th of May 2024, the manager of Breeze Company Nigeria Limited located at Ibadan-Lagos expressway made a distress call to the DPO of Mowe Divisional headquarters that on the 3rd of May 2024, while his principals numbering about sixteen were returning to their residence, at Kajola junction, a gang of kidnappers opened gunfire into the two Toyota Hiace buses with registration numbers FST 686 YH Ash colour and SMK 986 YE black colour that was conveying them.
”In response, the PMF escort attached to the first bus with Reg. No FST 686 YH exchanged fire with the kidnappers and managed to escape with all the occupants in the first vehicle, while three Indian Nationals, namely, Tejaram Chauhan ‘m’, Kaduwal Pradhan ‘m’ and Medani Kathiwada ‘m’, all inside the second bus without police escort were all kidnapped to an unknown destination.”
Odutola said the Anti-kidnapping Section of the Command in concert with Police formations in the axis with other local security agents swung into action by combing the area.
She said policemen engaged the kidnappers in a fierce gun battle confronting the kidnappers in the forest along Benin-Sagamu Papalanto at about four-thirty on the 7th of May and succeeded in the rescue of the victims unhurt.
According to Odutola, in the course of the encounter, two of the six kidnappers were demobilized, rounds of ammunition were recovered, while the likely ransom loot of the sum of seven million, nine hundred thousand naira and one thousand, five hundred Rupees were also recovered.
”In the course of the encounter, two of the six kidnappers were demobilized, two AK 47 riffles, one single barrel locally made gun, one sword, cell phone, and criminal charms, and 65 rounds of ammunition were also recovered. ”
”The likely ransom loot of the two demobilized kidnappers of the sum of seven million, nine hundred thousand naira (#7.900.000), and one thousand five hundred Rupees of (Indian currency) were also recovered.”
”The two demobilized suspects have been deposited at the public mortuary, while intensive efforts are ongoing to arrest the four fleeing members of the kidnap gang.”
