An attempt by bandits to kidnap travellers on the Ilesha-Akure highway was foiled by men of the Osun State Police Command and other security operatives on Saturday.
The gunmen who emerged from the bushes at about 6p.m. were about to begin their nefarious acts, when the police drove into the situation and aborted the plan.
This was disclosed by Osun Police Command spokesman, SP Yemisi Opalola, in Osogbo.
“The quick intervention of the Police, JTF and other local security outfits prevented the gunmen from carrying out their nefarious activities”, she said.
Police pursued the gunmen back into the bushes, she said.
She said an intensive manhunt was ongoing to arrest the fleeing gunmen.
