Police operatives in Kaduna State have rescued three people who were kidnapped by bandits in Ikara Local Government Area of the state.
The operatives also recovered firearms and Ammunitions as well as vehicles and motorcycles used by the bandits for their operations.
In a statement by the spokesman for the Kaduna state police command, DSP Mohammed Jalige, one of the rescued victims , Yusuf Abdullahi Abubakar of Dorayi village in Kano State was kidnapped on September 4th, at Barde village in Ikara local government area of Kaduna State, after which the abductors demanded for the sum of fifty million naira ransom.
The victim was later rescued by a police patrol team on September 9th, along Ikara- Tashan Yari road after the police operatives intercepted bandits in a motorcycle conveying the three persons .
During the process, the security personnel promptly caught up with the motorcyclists after which two of the riders on sensing police pursuit jumped off the motorcycle and fled into the bush, while the remaining passenger was later discovered to be the Yusuf Abdullahi Abubakar, the kidnapped victim.
The police upon searching the motorcycle recovered a concealed AK47 rifle loaded with ten (10) rounds of live 7.62 X 39mm ammunitions.
In a related operation on the same 9th September, 2022 , officers of Hunkuyi Division while on aggressive patrol along Zaria โ Kano expressway, rescued two women who were kidnapped by bandits who were also kidnapped from Kano state and taken to Kaduna.
The police had intercepted a suspicious Ford Mini Bus with Reg No. ZAR 532 XR belonging to the bandits, and the occupants rather than heed the police order to halt for search, engaged the Operatives in a gun duel.
Authorities of the force say the operatives responded gallantly and in the ensuing melee, the hoodlums fled with varying bullet wounds leaving behind two female occupants of the vehicle who were rescued.
Upon search of the vehicle an AK47 Magazine loaded with thirty (30) rounds of live 7.62 ร 39mm ammunition were recovered.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the two female occupants, identified as Hafiza Haruna and Amina Haruna are the wives of one Alhaji Haruna of Kwanan Dangora, Kano State who were earlier kidnapped by the hoodlums.
