Police Kill Nine Kidnappers During Lagos Operation
The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the killing of nine kidnappers in the Ladipo area of the state.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the development to our correspondent, adding that the suspects were killed during a gun duel with the police.
He said, “The kidnappers were neutralised during a gun duel with the police. The kidnappers were nine in number and they wanted to abduct someone at Ladipo when the police foiled their operation. The incident happened around 8 pm on Thursday.”
The corpses were sighted in a petrol vehicle at the command headquarters in the Ikeja area of the state.
The recovered gun, bullets and Army uniforms reportedly recovered from the suspects were also sighted by our correspondent.