SIX KIDNAPPERS KILLED IN CROSS RIVER STATE AND A WOMAN RESCUED SEE PHOTOS..

Six kidnappers in Cross River state on Wednesday meet their Waterloo as Special Anti -Robbery Squad of the Cross River State Police Command killed the six suspected kidnappers in Ikom Local Government Area.

ASP Irene Ugbo,  who is the spokesperson of the command confirmed the development on Wednesday,   he said the suspected kidnappers had been under the trail of the police since they kidnapped  the woman four days ago.

She said that men of the SARS unit on gathering intelligence information followed the kidnappers to their hideout in the bush where the shooting took place

"Our men today had an encounter with some kidnappers in Ikom local government area while trying to rescue an abducted woman in their captivity. During the process of rescuing the victim , the kidnappers engaged our men in an exchange of fire and we were able to rescue the woman while six of the kidnappers were shot dead.

"We also arrested two of the kidnappers and our men are bringing them down to Calabar as we speak," the spokesperson said.

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