Abducted students, two others rescued in Kaduna

Operatives of the Kaduna State Police Command have rescued three kidnapped victims, including one of the 121 students of Bethel Baptist High School, Kaduna State.

The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Jalige, said this in a statement in Kaduna on Tuesday.

Jalige said the rescue took place on Monday about 3pm, saying a combined team of the police and Civilian Joint Task Force were combing the forest when they stumbled on the three kidnapped victims.

The statement gave the names of the victims as Zaharaddeen Ibrahim, Nura Nuhu that were kidnapped recently along Kaduna – Kachia Road and Abraham Aniya one of the students of Bethel Baptist Secondary School.

The statement said, “The Kaduna Police Command’s mission to rescue all kidnap victims through intelligence-led Policing and rigorous patrol had yesterday yielded a positive result with the rescue of three victims to safety.

On the 12th July, 2021 at about 1540hrs the Operatives of the Command alongside Civilian JTF on routine rescue patrol around the forest of Tsohon Gaya village of Chikun LGA of Kaduna State stumbled on three kidnapped victims roaming the bush extremely exhausted and weak.

“The victims were safely evacuated and rushed to Police Clinic Kaduna were they are currently being resuscitated and will subsequently be handed over to their immediate families.

“During the course of investigation, the three (3) victims were identified as Zaharaddeen Ibrahim, Nura Nuhu that were kidnapped recently along Kaduna – Kachia Road and Abraham Aniya one of the students of Bethel Baptist Secondary School, Kujama that were kidnapped the previous week.”

The police spokesman said the force won’t relent efforts in ensuring that more kidnapped victims were rescued within the shortest possible time.

Source:Punch Newspaper