Police Confirm Rescue Of 14 Kidnapped Victims In Katsina
• Arrest Nine Suspects In Lagos
THE Katsina State Police Command has confirmed the rescue of 14 persons, who were abducted on Thursday afternoon, by terrorists along the KankaraKatsina Highway.
The victims were among the 18 passengers, who were abducted while travelling in a Katsina State Transport Authority ( KSTA) bus from Funtua Local Council to Katsina.
Spokesperson for the police command, ASP Abubakar Aliyu, who made this known, however, said that four other victims were yet to be rescued.
Aliyu said that a combined team of police and other security operatives had engaged the terrorists in a gun duel before the victims were rescued.
He said that on the day of incident, “some suspected armed bandits armed with dangerous weapons such as AK- 47 rifles attacked a KTSTA bus driven by one Dabo Filalawa, of Filin Polo quarters, Katsina State, at Gidan Kifi village via Kankara to Marabar Kankara road, enroute Funtua from Katsina, and kidnapped the occupants of the vehicle. “Upon receipt of the report, a joint team of police operatives attached to Kankara Divisional Police Headquarters, military, and members of the Katsina State Community Watch Corps, swiftly mobilised and responded to the scene where they engaged the hoodlums in a fierce gun duel and successfully rescued 14 kidnapped victims. “Aggressive efforts are currently being made to ensure the unhurt rescue of the remaining four kidnapped victims,” the statement added.
Meanwhile, following the resolution of the Force to eradicate crime to the lowest, its operatives have sustained the fight against crimes and criminality.
Over the past weeks, the Nigeria Police, have recorded several achievements in this noble quest across the country and in a more recent happening, on the March 17, 2024, at around 10: 30pm, the Commander PMF 20, Ikeja, Lagos led a joint team of mobile men and officers from Maroko Division to a suspected den of kidnappers, where they arrested nine kidnappers, rescued three kidnapped victims, recovered 10 mobile phones and two Point of Sale ( POS ) machines.