{"id":3486,"date":"2022-06-26T15:30:23","date_gmt":"2022-06-26T15:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/?p=3486"},"modified":"2023-06-03T00:54:53","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T23:54:53","slug":"hunters-kill-two-kidnappers-rescue-victims-in-kogi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/hunters-kill-two-kidnappers-rescue-victims-in-kogi\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunters Kill Two Kidnappers, Rescue Victims in Kogi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The Kogi State Government on Sunday, confirmed the killing of two kidnappers and the rescue of victims by hunters.<\/span><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">This was contained in a statement by the Special Assistant on Media to Okehi Local Government Chairman, King Habib.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">He said the bandits were killed in Okehi during an exchange of gunfire with security operatives, who were combing the bush to rescue some kidnap victims.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Habib added that one of the kidnappers died during an exchange of gunfire, while another died on his way to the hospital for treatment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">He said, \u201cHis Excellency, Alh Yahaya Bello, the Executive Governor of Kogi State had directed the Okehi Local Government Council Chairman to swing into action and make Okehi LG and its environs safe.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">He added that hunters in Okehi LG led an early morning operation and apprehended some kidnappers at Upogoro hill upon credible intelligence reports from operatives of Okehi LG Joint Taskforce, adding that the gang has been terrorizing motorists and commuters along Okene-Lokoja road and Okene-Auchi road of Kogi State before being nabbed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Meanwhile, the Kogi State Police Command Public Relations Officer did pick his calls when contacted for confirmation.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Kogi State Government on Sunday, confirmed the killing of two kidnappers and the rescue of victims by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[106,34,239],"class_list":{"0":"post-3486","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"tag-hunters","8":"tag-kogi","9":"tag-okehi"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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