A passenger driving force, merely known as Emeka, was once shot lifeless when suspected kidnappers kidnapped 5 passengers travelling from Kebbi Order to Asaba in Delta Order.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the assault came about at some extent between Kwana-Barau and Kundu village, Niger Order on Sunday throughout which 5 individuals had been kidnapped, however one Emeka, conveying the passengers in a automobile with Reg. Deny. LND 863 YF the motive force, was once shot lifeless.
In a similar incident, operatives in Niger Order additionally rescued 19 passengers who had been travelling from Sokoto to Bayelsa Order ahead of they had been attacked by means of suspected kidnappers and brought right into a jungle.
The sufferers who had been attacked by means of the abductors on November 1, 2024, had been travelling in a Toyota bus with Reg. Deny. LG 08 DGS from Sokoto Order. They had been kidnapped at Gidan-Kwakwa alongside Tegina-Zungeru Street in Niger Order.
The spokesman for the Niger Order Police Command, Wasiu Abiodun, who made this recognized in a observation, on Monday, disclosed that the entire sufferers had been rescued unharmed.
“On 03/11/2024 at about 0600hrs, it was once reported that at the similar presen at about 0130hrs, suspected kidnappers attacked a automobile with Reg. Deny. LND 863 YF from Yawuri Kebbi Order heading to Asaba, Delta Order.
“The assault came about at some extent between Kwana-Barau and Kundu village, and 5 individuals had been reportedly kidnapped. Sadly, one Emeka, the motive force, was once shot lifeless.
“The joint security tactical team responded and combed the forest, and in the process, four victims were rescued unhurt within Kattako forest, Rafi LGA. However, effort is being intensified to rescue the remaining one victim in captivity as the rescue operation continues,” Abiodun said.
Abiodun additionally said that the nineteen passengers who had been abducted on their means from Sokoto to Bayelsa Order had been rescued unharmed nearest intense drive was once put at the kidnappers.
“On 01/11/2024 at about 0630hrs, knowledge was once won that at the similar presen at about 0230hrs, some passengers who had been in transit in a Toyota Bus automobile with Reg. Deny. LG 08 DGS from Sokoto Order heading to Bayelsa Order had been attacked by means of suspected kidnappers at Gidan-Kwakwa alongside Tegina-Zungeru Street and kidnapped 19 individuals into the jungle.
“Straight away the ideas was once won, a joint safety tactical staff mobilised and trailed the suspected kidnappers, and because of the sustained drive, 12 sufferers had been isolated by means of the hoodlums they usually had been rescued on 02/11/2024 at about 0642hrs alongside the Pangugari jungle in Rafi LGA.
“As the rescue operation was intensified, fortunately, at about 2100hrs of the same date, the remaining seven victims were also rescued unhurt within the forest making a total of 19 victims rescued. The victims were taken to a nearby clinic for medical attention and they were released to return to Sokoto State on 03/11/2024,” Abiodun said.