One dead as FCT police engage kidnappers in gun duel, rescue 58 victims

<p>In 2002 similar mining accidents resulted in the death of over 78 persons in the country.</p>, <p>According to her, the bandits were overpowered and escaped with bullet injuries, leaving behind their victims.</p>, <p>Recall that last year 38 people were killed at a mining site in Peru.</p>, <p>“It’s been confirmed by the Yanaquihua police station that there are 27 dead,” local prosecutor Giovanni Matos told local television on Sunday.</p>, <p>“SEMA will follow up with Bagoja hospital and ensure victims received treatment with government support.</p>, <p>The PPRO who said the command had reached out to the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, of Takum, promised to get back to this reporter as soon as the details of the attacks are made available to the command.</p>, <p>Their arrest followed a tip-off that some cultists had converged at different locations in Odogbolu and were planning to unleash terror in Sagamu in continuation of a supremacy battle.</p>, <p>The statement reads: “The rescue is part of efforts by the command’s leadership, in a sustained joint operation with other security agencies, vigilantes, and hunters from the various local communities, to combat violent crimes in the FCT, rescue victims, and bring perpetrators to book.</p>, <p>The agency further noted that, it has tasked Gujba Local Government authority to prioritize provision of water as well as basic primary health care in response to the plights of the displaced persons.</p>, <p>Confirming the incident, the leader of Takum Local Government Legislative Council, Pius Bulus Gauva, said “we received the news with rude shock.”</p>, <p>He pledged to provide further details in due course.</p>, <p>The FCT Police Command Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, said the operation led to the rescue of at least 58 abductees.</p>, <p>“Sadly, three persons died with nine others sustaining injuries as a result of the flood incident”, SEMA posted.</p>, <p>Three people have been confirmed dead with 271 househo