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HOW GALLANT MEN OF THE NIGERIA POLICE FORCE RESCUE 23 KIDNAPPED VICTIMS IN KATSINA AND AKWA-IBOM STATES
The Nigeria Police Force says it's Gallant men operating in KATSINA and AKWA Ibom states have rescued 23 kidnapped victims, 20 in Katsina and three in AKWA states respectively.
A statement by ACP OLUMUYIWA ADEJOBI,
FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER,
FORCE HEADQUARTERS,
ABUJA gives the details as follows. These notable achievements include the rescue of 20 victims in 2 significant kidnapping attempts in Katsina State. At about 7 PM on the 7th of December 2024, police operatives of the Katsina State Command intercepted a group of armed bandits along the Katsina-Magamar Jibia road, who had opened fire on a moving vehicle conveying 10 occupants, in an attempt to kidnap the occupants. The police operatives engaged the armed bandits in a gun duel and successfully overpowered them, forcing the bandits to flee the scene with varying degrees of gunshot injuries, and securing the rescue of all 10 occupants unhurt. On the same date, at about 8:30 PM, the police operatives attached to the Katsina State Command got information of an ambush of a vehicle conveying 10 passengers along the Funtua-Gusau road by suspected bandits and quickly mobilized to the scene where they engaged the bandits in a fierce gun duel, overpowering them and rescuing the 10 abducted victims.
Similarly, on the 4th of December 2024, police operatives attached to the Akwa-Ibom State Command successfully rescued a young lady who had been earlier abducted by one Abraham Patrick Francis with the intention of selling off the abductee into forced prostitution in a neighbouring country. The suspect had since been arrested, and the victim reunited with her family. The police operatives of the Akwa-Ibom State Command also raided a kidnappers’ den within the Amayam and Ikot Ukpong Villages on the 5th of December 2024, and successfully rescued 2 kidnapped victims unhurt, recovered 1 locally fabricated double barrel gun, 1 locally made pistol, 5 live cartridges, and neutralized 2 suspected kidnappers in a heated gun duel.
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