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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>No fewer than two suspected kidnappers have been killed in Iwajowa Local Government Area of Oyo State.<\/p>\n

DAILY POST gathered on Saturday that the two suspects were killed during a failed kidnap attempt by the kidnappers who stormed Iwere-Ile town on Friday.<\/p>\n

Sources told DAILY POST that the kidnappers stormed the community around 3.pm on Friday and made an attempt to kidnap some of the residents.<\/p>\n

It was gathered that immediately Amotekun operatives got to the scene at about 3:30 p.m, they engaged the hoodlums in a gun battle, killing two.<\/p>\n

Three other members of the kidnap syndicate escaped with bullet wounds, DAILY POST gathered.<\/p>\n

Amotekun Commandant, Olayinka Olayanju confirmed the incident to DAILY POST on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Olayanju revealed that weapons were recovered from the suspected kidnappers, adding that they have been deposited with the police.<\/p>\n

Olayanju who spoke further maintained that the operation was carried out in collaboration with local vigilantes and hunters.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what happened.<\/p>\n

\u201cWeapons recovered from the kidnappers have been deposited with police.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe operation was conducted with local vigilantes and hunters,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. No fewer than two suspected kidnappers have been killed in Iwajowa Local Government Area of Oyo State. DAILY POST gathered on Saturday that the two suspects were killed during a failed kidnap attempt by the kidnappers who stormed Iwere-Ile town on Friday. Sources told DAILY POST that the kidnappers stormed the community […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":47652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30,28,26],"tags":[1570,2140,1312,2917,254,1252],"class_list":["post-47653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-homepage-english","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-amotekun","tag-kidnappers","tag-nigeria","tag-oyo"],"yoast_head":"\nAmotekun kills two suspected kidnappers in Oyo - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"No fewer than two suspected kidnappers have been killed in Iwajowa Local Government Area of Oyo State. 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