Lorine Emenike
A combine team of security operatives have killed one Ekeni-Ore-Owaji Titus Sunday, a notorious kidnapper and his second in command popularly known as Small Witch in Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State.
He was killed following a joint operation by the police and the Nigerian Army in Asarama community on Saturday.
On sighting the security agencies, the suspects engaged them in a gun battle, but were overpowered by the joint Taskforce and killed.
Nnamdi Omoni, the state command’s public relations officer while confirming the development stated that the joint security operation were in Asarama community in search of the notorious kidnapper.
He recalled that the notorious kidnapper was responsible for heinous crimes in that area, including the kidnapped of three policemen last year as well as the recent exchange of gun fire between the police and some hoodlums and the killing of a head-Mistress along the Ogoni, Andoni Opobo/Nkoro Unity Road last month and also the killing of a police inspector of the anti cultism unit.
The Command spokesman warned hoodlums to desist from criminal acts or leave the state as the Nigerian police will do everything possible to get rid of them.
He added that the notorious kidnapper was responsible for the burning of some houses in the Area yesterday.
Items recovered from them includes: five magazines; one AK47 containing about 120 live ammunition and a wooden gun. .
