Five suspected kidnappers of both Yoruba and Fulani tribes were on Thursday evening arrested in their hideouts after a gun duel between them and combined forces of soldiers, local vigilante and hunters at Ero Dam, Odo Owa community in the Oke-Ero as well as Ekiti local government areas of Kwara State. Tribune Online gathered that the onslaught on the suspected kidnappers followed intelligence reports, as they were trailed by the security operatives to their hideout around Ero Dam while there was an exchange of gunshots when they resisted arrest. It was also gathered that the Kwara state government mobilized military personnel that busted kidnappers’ hideouts in parts of Ekiti, leading to the arrest of some suspects. The gun duel happened near Ero-Dam in Oke Ero local government. Our reporter joined the train to and fro Lagos from Ibadan and tells his experience in this report…Suspected kidnappers arrested Suspected kidnappers arrested

Source: Nigerian Tribune April 30, 2021 15:45 UTC