He said the kidnappers, who emerged from the bush attempted to attack travellers, but the vigilante and hunters on patrol engaged in an exchange of gunfire.
“The kidnappers fled into the bush after they discovered that the vigilante and the hunters overpowered them, while one of them was arrested on the process,” he said.
The Senior Special Assistant to Kogi State Governor on Special Duties, Rilwan Bala Eteh, while speaking with our reporter, confirmed the arrest of the kidnapper, adding that both he and the state Commissioner of Solid Minerals, Abubakar Bashir Gegu, led the operation.
“Actually, I received a distress call from some villagers around the Idu axis, in which I quickly mobilised the vigilante and hunters alongside the commissioner to engage the kidnappers,” he said.
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