Dennis Naku, Port HarcourtThe Police in Rivers State said Sunday that the Command killed three kidnappers who hijacked a commercial bus along the Etche-Owerri Road of the state. The kidnappers, said to have been terrorising the axis of the East-West Road, were felled by police bullets during an exchange with operatives of the state Anti-Kidnapping Unit on Sunday morning. Spokesperson for the State Police Command, Nnamdi Omoni, who confirmed the killings, to our correspondent, said arms and ammunition used by the gunmen were recovered. Omoni also said all 18 passengers on the bus were rescued unhurt. They tried to kidnap the passengers on the bus.

Source: Punch August 02, 2020 18:56 UTC