Prominent lawyer and civil rights activist, Mike Ozekhome (SAN), has been kidnapped on Friday evening at the Ehor stretch Benin-Auchi road in Edo state. According the reports, the kidnappers who were in a Toyota Hilux pick-up and a Toyota Camry car shot at the front right-side tyre of the Toyota Prado conveying Mr Ozekhome who was on his way to Estako, Edo State. He was subsequently abducted alongside his driver.
In a related development, Less than 48 hours after it paraded 44 suspected criminals, the Edo State Police Command on Friday lost four of its men in an attempt to rescue Mike Ozekhome, SAN, from suspected kidnappers. The suspects, who it was gathered succeeded in taking away Ozekhome and his driver, are being trailed by the police, led by state Commissioner of Police, Foluso Adebanjo. Briefing journalists on the incident in Benin, on Saturday, Adebanjo said, “Operatives of the command led by DPO Ehor Division responded swiftly to a distress call at about 3:30pm that unspecified number of armed men had
blocked the Benin-Auchi road by Ehor axis. However, the hoodlums ambushed the patrol vehicle and opened fire on them, prompting an exchange of fire. “At the end of the gun duel, the hoodlums escaped with bullet wounds but not without their victim, who was later identified upon search on his abandoned vehicle as Ozekhome and his driver. Regrettably, the command lost four officers in the encounter. We salute their rare courage and bravery for they fought and died as heroes for the course of humanity.”
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