A joint police and vigilante team in Babangida, the Headquarters of Gurara Local Government Area of Niger State have killed three members of a seven-man gang of suspected kidnappers.
The gang was said to have invaded Goyi village in Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, before meeting their waterloo during a shoot out with the police when they also invaded Tufa village in Gurara Local Government Area of Niger State.
Those arrested with gunshot wounds include 20-year old Abdul-Qadir Abubakar, 22-year old Nuhu Shuaibu, and Musa Mai Saje, who is 20 years old.
Items recovered from the suspects include one AK 47 rifle, with erased breach number, an empty magazine and one pump action gun, as well as an army camouflage uniform.
The suspects were taken to the Umaru Musa Memorial Hospital, Sabon Wuse for medical attention.
They were later confirmed dead by the doctor, as a result of gunshot injuries sustained.
Their corpses have been deposited at the hospital morgue.
Niger State Police Command said it would intensify efforts to arrest members of the syndicate.
The police are also investigating a 36-year-old murder suspect, Fatima Sani, of Gobirawa village, in Mashegu Local Government Area.
The divorcee is accused of killing her former mother in-law, 70-year-old Aisha Umaru, who lived at Tozon Daji Village, by stabbing her with a knife.
The suspect blamed the late Aisha Umaru of instigating her former husband Sani Umaru, to divorce her.
Fatima Sani is already in police net and is being investigated.
