The Nigerian Army on Tuesday confirmed the killing of a soldier and four hostages during an attempted abduction of Chinese expatriates in Magbon, Mowe, in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State.
The Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 35 Artillery Brigade, Alamala, Abeokuta, Major Idereghi Akari, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists.
Akari said one of the suspected kidnappers was killed during the failed operation, while another soldier and two police officers sustained gunshot injuries.
He explained that a joint security team comprising soldiers and police officers was responding to a distress call when it was ambushed by armed men suspected to be kidnappers around a dredging site where expatriate workers were operating.
The Army spokesman said the ambush led to a fierce gun battle, during which one of the attackers was neutralised. The kidnappers subsequently retreated towards the Ogun River through the surrounding forest, taking
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