Police rescue
Chinese’, places kidnappers den on surveillance
The Ogun State Police
Command has rescued two Chinese Nationals and placed their kidnappers den on
surveillance.
The Chinese
nationals, Song Jiang She,m, and Zhang Wen Xue are staff of Lee Group of
Company, Ikorodu Lagos.
They were kidnapped in Odongunya area of Ikorodu, Lagos
State but rescued unhurt in Shotunbo village near
Sagamu in Sagamu Local Government area of Ogun State by a team of
policemen attached to Ogijo divisional headquarters led by the Divisional
Police Office SP Toyin Afolaogun.
The Chinese were rescued after a gun duel between the police
and the hoodlums, according to a statement on Tuesday by the Public Relations
Officer of the Ogun State Police Command, DSP Muyiwa Adejobi.
He said, “The Chinese nationals, Song Jiang She,m, and
Zhang Wen Xue,m, were rescued unhurt after police had engaged the
men and one of the kidnappers who was fatally injured got arrested
while others fled with bullet wounds.
“Three locally made pistols with some live cartridges, masks, some handsets, dangerous weapons and their operational car BMW with Reg No CK 737 LSD were recovered from the kidnappers.”
“Three locally made pistols with some live cartridges, masks, some handsets, dangerous weapons and their operational car BMW with Reg No CK 737 LSD were recovered from the kidnappers.”
He explained that the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Ikemefuna
Okoye has ordered the kidnappers’ den on surveillance to show the commitment of
the command to prevent crime in the state.
He said, “The commissioner of police Ogun State has ordered
the kidnappers' den to be cordoned off and placed under surveillance for
further investigation and prevent the hoodlums from using the remote building
that is almost three kilometres off sagamu/Ikorodu road for similar
operation.
“This is to show the command commitment to make Ogun state
hot for any hoodlums or group of miscreants who may want to cause any untold
hardship on the good people of the state.”
Okoye, in the statement, appealed to the general public to alert the police in case they came across anyone around with suspected bullet wounds for necessary action and contact the police headquarters on 08123822910 or 08037168147.
Okoye, in the statement, appealed to the general public to alert the police in case they came across anyone around with suspected bullet wounds for necessary action and contact the police headquarters on 08123822910 or 08037168147.
BY SODIQ OYELEKE
Written by NEWSTRAWL ONLINE UPDATE
Sodiq Oyeleke is a Media, Human Resources, Project Management and Public Relations Practitioner
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