The police Command in Delta has neutralised a suspected kidnapper and rescued a victim in the state.
The command’s spokesman, DSP Bright Edafe, disclosed this to newsmen today in Warri.
Edafe said that the deceased was neutralised by the police operatives attached to the Ozoro Police Division in Isoko North Local Government Area of the state.
He disclosed further that the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Ozoro division, CSP Ogedengbe Areguamen, had received a distress call on Tuesday that suspected assailants had attacked the residence of the kidnapped victim.
Edafe added that the suspects shot at the victim at his residence on Owhelogbo Road, Ozoro, forced him into the trunk of his car and whisked him away.
The command’s spokesman said the unrelenting Police operatives went after them and successfully neutralised one of the suspects while three others escaped.
He said that the kidnapped victim was rescued and taken to the hospital for treatment, adding that his vehicle and one locally made cut-to-size double barrel gun were recovered.
Edafe said that efforts to apprehend the fleeing suspects were ongoing
