Police kill kidnap suspect in Ebonyi, rescue victim

Police in Ebonyi State on Sunday said they rescued a kidnap victim and killed one suspect in the state.

The police spokesperson in the state, Onome Onovwakpoyeya, who disclosed this in a statement in Abakaliki, said the officers arrested two suspected kidnappers and recovered three rifles.

The Commissioner of Police in the state, Faleye Olaleye, mobilized the police tactical teams and a divisional police officer for a rescue operation – they cordoned off a marked area – after receiving a distress call on Sunday about the kidnap of a cleric in the state.