A suspected kidnapper, believed to have been involved in the abduction of a member representing Zaria City Constituency in the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Hon. Abdullahi Ibrahim Dabo, has been killed.
Blueprint investigations revealed that the suspected kidnapper was killed during a gun battle with men of the Nigeria Police on routine patrol of Kaduna-Zaria highway in the early hours of Sunday.
Though, the Kaduna State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Yakubu Sabo is yet to comment on the development when inquired, a security source said that the suspected kidnapper alongside four other gang members engaged police in crossfire, while trying to block the major highway.
According to the source, “about five suspected kidnappers were involved in the blocking of the road before their encounter with the police. One of them was killed in the process, while the other four escaped into the bush.”
He also said that a locally made rifle was recovered from the suspects.
The source added that the kidnappers were the same group that kidnapped the Kaduna State House of Assembly member last Friday.
