Nigeria, May 5 -- The police in Enugu State,, Nigeria's South-east, say they have killed a suspected kidnapper during a shootout in the state.

Daniel Ndukwe, the police spokesperson in the state, in a statement on Sunday, said a kidnapped male victim was rescued during the operation.

Mr Ndukwe, a superintendent of police, said the operation was conducted on Saturday by operatives attached to the state commissioner of police's Monitoring Unit and the Anti-Kidnapping Tactical Squad.

Mr Ndukwe said the slain suspect, alongside members of a kidnap gang, abducted the victim in his Mercedes SUV after firing sporadically within the Government Residential Area of Enugu on Friday night.

He said the kidnappers later moved him to an unknown loca...