Police kill kidnapper, rescue victim in Delta

<p>A patrol team of the Delta State Police Command killed a kidnapper on Sunday and rescued the victim unharmed.</p>, <p>The team, while on stop-and-search duty around Ebrumede Police Station, flagged down a Lexus Saloon Car (registration number withheld), but the occupants, on noticing the police, jumped down from the vehicle with a double barrel gun and took to their heels.</p>, <p>Some of the police operatives gave them a hot chase, during which one of them with the firearm was neutralised while others escaped.</p>, <p>On a closer look at the abandoned vehicle, a kidnapped victim was seen blindfolded.</p>, <p>He was immediately rescued by the operatives and taken to the police station, where he stated that he was kidnapped along Jakpa Road, Warri.</p>, <p>The suspected kidnappers using a tricycle hit his vehicle from behind, and in an attempt to confront them, they brought out the double-barreled gun and forced him into his own vehicle.</p>, <p>Before his rescue, he had already paid a ransom of N700,000, which was transferred to his abductors’ account.</p>, <p>DSP Bright Edafe, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), confirmed that the victim has been reunited with his family while a manhunt for the fleeing suspects is ongoing.</p>