Kidnappers along Afuze road Edo state leave vigilante, policemen hospitalized with gun shot wounds after fierce gun battle.

 

Policemen and members of a vigilante group in Edo state have been hospitalized following gun shot wounds they allegedly sustained when daredevil kidnappers engaged them in a shoot out  during a  kidnapping operation between Uokha and Igue Saleh along Afuze road on the night of January 27th. 

It was gathered that the kidnappers were said to have  operated between Igue Saleh and Uokha as Vigilantes along the affected axis mobilised for the operation as well as , policemen  from Otuo . 

Witness alleged that the kidnappers allegedly  overpowered the combined team of Vigilante and the  Police rescue team with the use of sophisticated  weapons during the gun battle. 

A source who requested anonymity said one  Igue Oke a policeman  was  shot at and critically injured, while three members of  Igue Saleh Vigilantes group were  also receiving  treatment from gunshot wound as one of them is in a  critical condition battling for his life

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It was gathered that  the Local Government Chairman of Afuze had visited the hospital where the security operatives were hospitalised