Two suspected killers of four members of the Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team in Sabon Birni Village, Igbabi local government area of Kaduna State, have been killed by the police.
Four police officers were killed on August 11 during an investigation into a kidnap case in the area.
The policemen killed are Benard Odibo; Mamman Abubakar; Haruna Ibrahim and Emmanuel Istifanus.
They have since been buried.
But addressing a press conference on Thursday, Acting Commissioner of Police, DCP Ahmad Kontagora, disclosed that two of their killers had been shot dead.
The killing of the members of the kidnap gang, he said, followed an intensive manhunt carried out by the police to bring them to book.
His words: “The successes recorded in the fight against crime and criminality in Kaduna command during the few weeks under review shows that on August 16, the IGP Special Tactical Squad (STS) alongside operatives from Operation Yaki, acted on intelligence and raided an armed robbers/kidnappers hide out on Sabon Birni Village.
“After a fierce gun duel with the bandits, two suspected armed bandits were fatally injured and rushed to Barau Dikko Hospital Kaduna for treatment but were confirmed dead on arrival,” he said.
He said the police recovered one AK 47 rifle, and five live ammunition from the scene of the encounter with the kidnappers.
He added that investigations had shown that the deceased were members of the gang terrorising Birnin Gwari area and are responsible for the killing of one Inspector Felix Yohanna attached to FSARS last year.
He said that the command`s Anti Kidnapping and FSARS squads had also succeeded in arresting other suspected criminals.
They include seven suspected kidnappers, eight suspected armed robbers, four suspected notorious fraudsters and three suspected shop breakers.
“We recovered three AK 47 Rifles, three magazines with 20 rounds of ammunition, two motor vehicles mainly Golf Wagon with registration Number ES 904 FST and a Toyota Corolla with number plate RBC 04 MQ, all blue in colour.
He said the suspects, who had made useful statements, would soon be arraigned in court upon completion of investigation.
