Police in Kaduna state has disclosed that its operatives has rescued a\u00a017 year-old kidnapped victim in Sabon Birnin Daji forest of Igabi Local Government Area of the state.<\/p>\n
This was contained in a statement issued on Sunday by the command\u2019s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Jalige in Kaduna.<\/p>\n
Jalige said that on Saturday, the operatives of the command while on routine patrol around Sabon Birnin Daji forest, intercepted sounds of sporadic gunshot coming through the forest.<\/p>\n
He said that the operatives decided to move forcefully to find out what could be responsible for such act.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe operatives stormed a kidnapper\u2019s den, where a fierce exchange of fire ensued which resulted in the rescue of one Sani Adamu, 17, a resident of old Sabon Gida airport while the bandits escaped with varying bullet wounds<\/p>\n
\u201cThe said victim was immediately taken to Kutungare Primary Health Care Centre for medical attention.<\/p>\n
\u201cPreliminary investigation revealed that the victim was abducted while working on a rice farm around Afaka village in igabi Local Government Area in Kaduna,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Jalige said that effort was\u00a0 being intensified to ensure that the vicinity was thoroughly combed for a possible rescue of more victims if any and to rid the area of criminal elements.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe command is calling on the public not to be deterred by these isolated incidences and to report any kidnap incident recorded within their areas so that the authority will act upon promptly.\u201dJalige said.<\/p>\n
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Police in Kaduna state has disclosed that its operatives has rescued a\u00a017 year-old kidnapped victim in Sabon Birnin Daji forest of Igabi Local Government Area of the state. This was contained in a statement issued on Sunday by the command\u2019s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Jalige in Kaduna. Jalige said that on Saturday, the operatives […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":116418,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[348,24317,8369,24316],"class_list":["post-116905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","tag-kaduna-state","tag-kutungare-primary-health-care-centre","tag-mohammed-jalige","tag-sabon-birnin-daji-forest"],"yoast_head":"\n