…As OPC kills notorious kidnapper
But for the intervention of the police, a Bishop and his wife would have been kidnapped at Isheri Osun, Lagos.
It was gathered that gunmen at the early hours of Tuesday intercepted the Bishop’s convoy and attempted to drag him off his vehicle.
They were said to have shot sporadically around 4:30am before getting to the vehicle conveying the cleric and his wife.
However, policemen attached to the Bishop were said to have engaged the criminals in a gun duel, which lasted several minutes.
As the fight lasted, the policemen, it was gathered called for reinforcement from Isheri Division, a development that forced the invaders to flee into a nearby swamp, abandoning their operational Honda vehicle.
Police Commissioner Fatai Owoseni confirmed the incident, adding that the victims were unhurt.
According to Owoseni, the gunmen fled with bullet injuries, adding that the police have raised the area.
Owoseni also disclosed that the police on Monday recovered the body of a notorious kidnapper, Timi alias Big Fish at Ishawo.
The police boss stated that the deceased was killed by members of Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) during an armed robbery operation.
He said: “We got a distress call that a group of armed robbers were operating at the area and we sent some policemen to the area. When our men got there, they discovered that the local vigilante group there rose to the challenge and faced the hoodlums squarely.
“We found the body of the kingping of the hoodlum. It was the killing of Timi Bigfish that made people say kidnappers have returned to Ishawo.”
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