The Joint Task Force
have killed 13 members of a gang suspected of abducting a Turkish man in an
early morning raid on their hideout in oil-producing Rivers state, police said
on Saturday.
A 20 million naira
($127,600) ransom was
paid for the release of Bayram Karakus, who worked for the Rivigo Construction company, Rivers police spokesman Ben Ugwuegbulam told a news agency.
paid for the release of Bayram Karakus, who worked for the Rivigo Construction company, Rivers police spokesman Ben Ugwuegbulam told a news agency.
He gave no details of
what happened to the Turkish man.
“A combined team of
operatives … stormed the militant camp of a notorious gang also responsible for
kidnapping, armed robbery, killing of policemen and civilians in the recent
past,” Ugwuegbulam said.
“In the ensuing gun
battle six of the hoodlums were fatally wounded … seven of the wounded died on
the way to hospital.”
Ugwuegbulam said the
police recovered N98,900, the bags used to deliver the ransom, six AK 47 rifles
and ammunition in the raid on Friday.
The raid was said to
be carried out around 2:50 AM in Kaani community in Khana Local Government Area
of Rivers State.
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