Police say 10 passengers abducted from a commercial bus at Awa-Ijebu in Ogun State on 3 November regained their freedom unharmed at about 8.30pm on Saturday.
Ogun State Police Command spokesperson Oluseyi Babaseyi said in a statement on Sunday that security pressure and intelligence-led operations had secured their release.
The passengers had been taken at Orita Fufu, in Ijebu North-East Local Government Area.
In a subsequent operation at about 1am on Sunday, Anti-Kidnapping Unit officers entered a suspected kidnappers’ hideout along the Ibadan–Ijebu Ode Road, he said.
The command said one suspected kidnapper was killed in an exchange of gunfire and others escaped with suspected gunshot wounds.
Police reported recovering an AK-47 rifle, 20 rounds of ammunition, N1,376,800 in cash and a mobile phone.
Babaseyi said officers were continuing to search for the fleeing suspects.
Sources: Punch; Channels Television
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