It was also learnt that police at Egba Division, acting on information, mobilised patrol teams comprising military and vigilante groups for a bush combing and rescue of those kidnapped.
It was further gathered that the kidnappers, while leading their victims into the thick forest, on sighting the police engaged them in a gun battle around Obadan forest and in the process abandoned the victims and escaped.
The state command spokesperson, who confirmed the incident, said two of the suspected kidnappers were arrested.
He said during the gun battle, the hoodlums abandoned all the six people they had kidnapped including the driver of the vehicle and fled into the bush.
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