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The police in Niger state have killed two kidnappers in Rafi local government area of Niger state and recovered the sum of N1.1 million out of the N2 million the suspects earlier collected from their victim.
Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the state police command, DSP Babalola Adewole, disclosed this in a press statement issued in Minna yesterday.
The statement indicated that one Bashir Alhaji Nadarare of Karaya village in Rafi local government was kidnapped on July 4, 2017, by the hoodlums and released on September 12, 2017, after paying a ransom of N2 million.
“On 13/09/2017 the gunmen were sighted around Rima hills Kagara, a team of police detectives attached to Kagara Division mobilised and raided the hideout. The hoodlums engaged the police in gun duel which lasted for hours, two of the hoodlums were fatally injured,” the statement read in part.
He said two AK 49 rifles and 20 rounds of ammunition and the sum of N1.1 million being part of the ransom paid by the relatives of the victim were recovered.
He said other members of the gang escaped with bullet wounds and called on all hospitals within the area to report cases of bullet wounds to the police.
Meanwhile, the police have also arrested two persons in connection with the murder of one Terna Cletus in Tarfa local government of the state.
Adebowale said the suspects were students of Durben Polytechnic in Garam, while they reside in Azeh Garam village of Tafa local government area.
He also said the police had arrested a 25-year-old man, Umar Hamisu, from Lapia town for raping an eight-year-old girl who was hawking groundnuts.
