Nigeria: Police Kill Two Suspected Kidnappers, Hunt Five Others After Highway Gun Battle in Ondo

Two of the suspected kidnappers were killed during the exchange, while five others escaped into nearby bushes with suspected gunshot wounds.

The operatives of the Ondo State Police Command foiled a fresh kidnap attempt along the troubled Akure-Owo Expressway in the early hours of Wednesday, after engaging suspected gunmen in a fierce gun battle, killing two of them and forcing others to flee.

The police said the operation prevented the armed men from abducting the owner of a block industry in…