Nigeria, Aug. 30 -- The police in Ogun State have shot dead two members of a suspected kidnap syndicate in the Itori area of Ewekoro local government, on Sunday.

In a statement on Monday, Abimbola Oyeyemi, the police spokesperson, said the suspected kidnappers were killed when they engaged the police in a gun battle.

Mr Oyeyemi said the battle lasted 40 minutes, with two suspected kidnappers killed, while others escaped with various degrees of injuries.

In the pictures circulated by Mr Oyeyemi, one of the deceased suspects had a black face mask on, to cover his identity.

"The two suspects met their waterloo when policemen in Ewekoro divisional headquarters received an information at about 7:30 am, that some armed hoodlums with face ma...