GUNMEN IN MILITARY UNIFORM KIDNAP FIVE IN KADUNA

The police spokesman said, the Head of Malali Police Division reported that he received a distress call that armed men in military uniform blocked the access road to Babatunde Fashola Housing Estate, Danbushiya Village, at the outskirt of Kaduna and intercepted a Honda Accord registration number  LND 753 AL and five other vehicles and subsequently kidnapped seven persons.

Penpushing further reports that, Sabo said the, patrol teams within the metropolis led by the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, were quickly mobilised to the scene of the incident but the hoodlums had already escaped with the victims.

“However, due to pressurised patrols within the general area, two of the victims were later found being released by the hoodlums. The two released victims alongside the vehicles were recovered to the police station,” he said.

The police image maker  disclosed that “upon search, the sum of $10,000 US Dollars and N647,300 cash were recovered in one of the vehicles”, also explaining that combined teams of police anti-kidnapping unit and vigilantes were later dispatched to the scene for search operation with a view to arrest the perpetrators and rescue the remaining five victims.

Penpushing also reports that, the Command called for continued support by all well-meaning citizens of the State, adding that the Commissioner of Police in the State, Ali Janga, has assured that the incident would not deter the Command from its collective determination in the recent war against criminals.