The military on Wednesday morning engaged in a gun battle with kidnappers on the Benin-Auchi road, POLITICS NIGERIA reports.
The scene affected movement on the busy road as vehicles halted their trip.
Kidnap activities on the Benin-Auchi road has taken worrying turn.
Last month, five kidnap victims were rescued by security operatives at Okwo Ogbemudia farm, Uhunmwonde local government of the state, on the Benin-Auchi road while six others were rescued at Ekpoma, in Esan West local government of the state respectively.
It was learnt that one of the kidnappers was killed in a gun battle with the police during the rescue operation at the Okwo Ogbemudia farm.
Data from Nextier SPD Violent Conflict Database shows that in the twelve months to September 2021, Nigeria recorded 20 kidnap-for-ransom incidents resulting in 2,542 kidnap victims.
Watch the video of the gun battle on Benin-Auchi road here.
Kudos to the military the guys are trying, without them I don’t know how Nigeria would look like.
Fantastic and incredible