Kaduna police rescue three, arrest notorious kidnapper

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Operatives attached to the Kaduna State Police Command, have rescued three kidnapped victims and apprehended a notorious kidnapper in the state.

The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP, Mansir Hassan, stated this in a statement in Kaduna, on Friday, while identifying the rescued victims including Ashiru Abubakar, male, 35 years old, from Batagarawa LGA, Katsina State, Ahmed Ibrahim, male, from Dutsin-Ma, Katsina State and Shehu Kabiru, male, 30 years old, from Kidandan.

According to the police spokesman, on May 21, at about 14:50hrs, the Divisional Police Officer of Kidandan,  Division received a distress call reporting that unknown bandits had blocked the Kidandan-Dogon Dawa Road and kidnapped an unspecified number of individuals.

He added that the DPO swiftly mobilized personnel from the Police Mobile Force, who were attached to Operation Whirl Punch in Galadimawa and proceeded to the scene in an Armored Personnel Vehicle.

Hassan said, “Upon arrival, the police team engaged the bandits in a serious gun battle.

“Although the bandits managed to deflate two tyres of the APV, the police team successfully rescued three kidnapped individuals.”

Similarly, Hassan added that on on same Tuesday, at about 1900 hours, the Operation Yaki operatives, acting on technical intelligence provided by the Technical Intelligence Unit FHQ Abuja, successfully arrested one Muhammadu Bello, a 30-year-old resident of Yan Bokolo area, Malalin Gabas, Igabi LGA, of the state.

Hassan said preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect is an accomplice to Dogo Haliru, a notorious kidnapper known for terrorizing Zamfara, Katsina state, and the Kaduna-Abuja expressway.

He quoted the state  Commissioner of Police, Ali Dabigi to have applauded the officers for their gallantry and good use of intelligence while ordering them to intensify confidence-building patrols to ensure the safety and security in the state.