HOW MANY MEN OF THE NIGERIA POLICE FORCE SAVED 23 KIDNAPPED VICTIMS IN KATSINA AND AKWA-IBOM STATES
The Nigeria Police Force says its brave men operating in KATSINA and AKWA Ibom states have rescued 23 kidnapping victims, namely 20 in Katsina and three in AKWA states.
A statement by ACP OLUMUYIWA ADEJOBI,
CHARGES FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS,
FORCE MARKET,
ABUJA gives details as follows. These notable achievements include the rescue of 20 victims during 2 major kidnapping attempts in Katsina State. On December 7, 2024, at about 7:00 p.m., police operatives from the Katsina State Command arrested a group of armed bandits along the Katsina-Magamar Jibia road, who had opened fire on a moving vehicle with 10 persons, with the intention of abducting the occupants. The police personnel engaged in a gun battle with the armed bandits and successfully overpowered them, forcing the bandits to flee the scene with varying degrees of gunshot wounds and ensuring the safety of 10 passengers unharmed. On the same day, at about 8:30 p.m., police operatives attached to the Katsina State Command received information about an ambush by suspected bandits on a vehicle carrying 10 passengers on the Funtua-Gusau road and quickly mobilized to the scene and engaged the bandits in a fierce gun battle, defeating them and rescuing the 10 abducted victims.
Similarly, on December 4, 2024, police operatives attached to the Akwa-Ibom State Command successfully rescued a young woman who had been abducted earlier by one Abraham Patrick Francis with the intention of selling the victim for forced prostitution purposes in a nearby village. . The suspect has since been arrested and the victim has been reunited with her family. On December 5, 2024, police operatives of the Akwa-Ibom State Command raided a kidnappers' den in Amayam and Ikot Ukpong villages and managed to rescue two kidnapping victims unharmed, recover a locally made double-barreled pistol, a domestic pistol. 5 live rounds and neutralize two suspected kidnappers during a heated gunfight.
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