Frantic efforts are ongoing to secure the release of the poultry farmers kidnapped in the Oke-Ogun area of Oyo state as the suspects and local security operatives engaged in a gun duel.
One of the suspected gunmen was reportedly killed in the process while an injured local hunter is said to be receiving medical attention at a facility in Kajola Local Government Area.
A member of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria, VGN who is taking part in the operation said they got to know the location of the bandits through a local farmer who stumbled on them in a forest where he went to check some traps he set for bush animals.
The Vigilante who pleaded anonymity also said it was the gunmen who started the firing when they were cornered in the forest somewhere in Kajola Local Government.
He added that the bandits were still on the run with gunshot wounds and with the gun, they hurriedly retrieved from their fallen gang member.
Oyo state commander of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria, VGN, Sunday Olajide confirmed the development from Iseyin where he was monitoring the operation.
Police reaction is yet to be obtained at the time of filing this report.
Kayode Oguntona.
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