Exhibit recovered. Credit: Ondo Police Command
The Ondo State Police Command says its operatives have neutralised two suspected kidnappers during a gun battle in Ilu-Abo along the Akure-Owo Expressway.
The command said the operation, carried out in the early hours of Wednesday, also led to the recovery of a locally fabricated pistol, live cartridges, four mobile phones, face masks and two ATM cards.
According to a statement issued by the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abayomi Jimoh, the incident occurred at about 3:30 a.m. after operatives of the Federal Highway Patrol Unit, Ilu-Abo, responded to a distress call over the activities of armed men at Olaiya Block Industry, located beside Ilu-Abo High School.
Jimoh said preliminary findings showed that about seven masked gunmen invaded the premises of the block industry and demanded to see the owner.
