The Kaduna State Police Command says its operatives have rescued
three students of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, abducted on
Monday along Abuja-Kaduna highway.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Yakubu Sabo,
however, said in a Press statement issued on Wednesday in Kaduna
that three other persons were still being held by the
kidnappers.
“The Command wishes to state that, on the said date, August 26,
at about 18:50hrs, armed men in military uniform intercepted some
commuters near Masari village along Kaduna-Abuja Expressway, opened
fire on the vehicles, in the process kidnapped six persons.
“Due to the prompt response of the Police and other security
agents to the scene, three people were later released by the
hoodlums due to intensive combing within the general area.”
The statement said the three students, alongside the abandoned
vehicles at the scene of the incident, were moved to the Police
Station.
It assured that concerted efforts were being coordinated by the
joint teams of Anti-Kidnapping Unit, PMF and the IRT to rescue the
remaining three victims and apprehend the criminals.
(NAN)
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