The Kaduna State Police Command says its operatives have rescued six kidnap victims in Barde/Keffi, Kafanchan in the Jema’a Local Government Area of the state.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Muhammed Jalige, made this known in a statement on Thursday.
He identified the rescued victims as Bala Sharif, Kirman Joseph, Chai Markus, Sani Abubakar, Musa Daniel and ASC Alfred Dakon, an official of the Nigeria Correctional Service, Nasarawa State.
Jalige said the victims were examined and reunited with their families, also efforts were being made to arrest their abductors.
In a related development, the police spokesperson said operatives of the command, alongside men of the Operation Puff Adder, stormed Yadi Forest in Fatika district, in the Giwa LGA of the state, following credible intelligence, where they engaged some bandits in a gun battle, killing one of them.
He said, “The operatives recovered one AK-49 rifle loaded with 31 rounds of 7.62 X 39mm live ammunition, one locally-made rifle with one 12-gauge polymer cased shotgun shell.”
“The precision and gallantry exhibited by the officers that left the bandits in disarray is exemplary, thus the command is calling on members of the public, especially medical practitioners, to report any person found with suspected bullet injuries in the said axis for prompt action.”
The command’s spokesperson also mentioned that it arrested three suspected bandits — Hadi Ahmad, Yusuf Alhassan, and Yahaya Yusuf.
Jalige explained that during a search of their rooms, the police recovered one submachine gun, loaded with one round of 9mm live ammunition and a Department State Services identity card.
He said the suspects are currently undergoing investigation and will be charged to court on completion of same.
