Speaking with journalists at Police Command Headquarters, Ikeja, Owoseni said the militants had already abducted the Indian and were trying to bundle him into their waiting boat, when policemen on patrol duty sighted them.
The commissioner said the Indian was working on a construction site at Epe area, when the kidnappers came from the river and attempted to force him into their boat.
He said: “Our men were able to rescue the Indian national after a fierce gun battle with the kidnappers. Our men stopped the kidnappers from taking the foreigner into the creek.
The suspects, however, escaped in their boat.” Owoseni raised the alarm, over militants’ attacks on different communities in the state.
The police chief urged residents to be alert and to report any strange movement in communities to the police promptly.
He said: “Some militants, on Wednesday, attacked Monkey village, behind Iba Housing Estate.
Some of our policemen engaged them in a gun duel. Unfortunately, we lost one of our men to their bullets.
We have deployed more men, including the military, in the area to beef up security in the entire waterway.”https://newtelegraphonline.com/foiled-militants-attempt-kidnap-indian-police/
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