Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Nwonyi Emeka has revealed that two suspected kidnappers were killed during a shootout in the state.

The Commissioner who spoke on Monday while parading some suspects said that his officers further arrested eight policemen for unceremoniously extorting some youths and assaulting a woman in the state.

Emeka explained that two of the police officers apprehended in the act had fraudulently extorted N6.5 million from three young men after they had accused them of being interment conmen. The four others, it was gathered assaulted a woman.

The Police boss informed that the two criminals met their Waterloo at the Rumuodogo community in Emohual Local Government Area of the state, after they opened fire on sighting his men.

He said: “In a follow-up to the death of the cultists/kidnappers, police operatives of the command on 30/08/2023 arrested one Godspower Salete ‘m’ at Rumuodogo at about 1424hrs. One Temple Woke of Rumuodogo-1 in Emohua LGA was also arrested in connection to the case.

“The two suspects led a team of Policemen to Rumuodogo forest for the recovery of their arms. During the process, their gang members engaged the police in a gun battle, and in the process, the two suspects were fatally wounded while others escaped with bullet wounds,” he said.