Officers of the Kogi Police Command on Saturday rescued three kidnap victims from their abductors in Kogi.
The three were rescued after spending six days with their abductors.
The Police Public Relation Officer, in Kogi DSP William Aya, who disclosed this in a statement said that the rescued men were kidnapped at about 2:15p.m. on Dec. 30, 2019 at Eika/Itakpe junction, off Lokoja-Okene Road.
The statement noted that the victims identified as Mr. Mohammed Salisu Cache, Mr. Abdulraq Mohammed and Abdulraq Anataku, were rescued unhurt in the early hours of Saturday.
The victims were said to be travelling in a vehicle from Lokoja when the kidnappers opened fire on their vehicle and killed one of the passengers, Mrs. Afusat Suberu, on the spot.
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The PPRO disclosed that the victims were freed when a combined team of operatives from Federal Anti-Robbery Squad Special Forces, Police Mobile Force as well as conventional police officers were mobilised for a massive manhunt for them.
Aya quoted the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ede Ekpeji , as saying that the police would continue to collaborate with other security agencies to ensure the state was l safe and secure.
He called on members of the public to assist the police with timely and credible information on the activities of criminal elements.
