The Nigeria Police Force has recorded significant breakthroughs in recent operations conducted in Kaduna State, with the rescue of seventeen kidnapped victims who had been abducted in March twenty twenty-five from Sarkin Pawa, Niger State.
A statement by the Kaduna State Command of the Nigeria police force, which disclosed this, said all rescued individuals were promptly taken to the Police Clinic in Kaduna for medical examination and have been certified to be in stable and sound health.
The statement said that operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit acting on credible intelligence have also intercepted a commercial vehicle at the Kawo Central Motor Park in Kaduna, where officers discovered twenty-one fabricated AK-47 rifles concealed within the vehicle.
The statement further stated that the Police Command, acting on a distress call reporting an armed robbery in progress at Doggi Farm, along Kaduna-Abuja Road swiftly mobilized a patrol team to the scene and two of the robbers were neutralized, while others fled towards the nearby hills.
It added that efforts are ongoing to apprehend the fleeing members of the gang and bring them to justice.