The Kaduna State Police Command reports to have rescued six kidnapped victims along the Barde/Keffi Road in the state’s Kafanchan Local Government Area (LGA).
As seen by InsightnaijaTV, the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Mohammed Jalige, confirmed the event in a statement issued on Thursday in Kaduna.
On receiving a report of a kidnapping event, the command’s agents pursued and apprehended the bandits in the jungle, according to Jalige.
According to him, the operatives engaged the kidnappers in a gunfight, causing them to abandon their captives and flee into the jungle, wounded by bullets.
Six of the kidnapped individuals were rescued unharmed, he said.
According to him, the victims had been debriefed and subsequently reunited with their respective families.
“Concerted efforts are on high gear with a view to apprehending the fleeing bandits,” he said.
