The Police Command in Kaduna state on Tuesday said its operatives rescued three kidnapped victims, including one of the students of Bethel Baptist Secondary School in Kujama, Chikun Local Government Area of the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Jalige confirmed the apparently exciting development in a statement issued on Tuesday in Kaduna. According to Jalige, the command’s mission to rescue all kidnap victims through intelligence-led policing and rigorous patrol had yielded results with the rescue of the three on Monday. “On July 12, at about 1540hrs, operatives of the command, alongside Civilian JTF on routine rescue patrol around the forest of Tsohon Gaya village, Chikun LGA of Kaduna State, stumbled on three kidnapped victims roaming the bush, extremely exhausted and weak,” he disclosed.
“The victims were safely evacuated and rushed to Police Clinic Kaduna where they are currently being resuscitated and will subsequently be handed over to their immediate families.
“During the course of investigation, the three (3) victims were identified as Zaharaddeen Ibrahim, Nura Nuhu that were kidnapped recently along Kaduna – Kachia Road.
“Abraham Aniya is one of the students of Bethel Baptist Secondary School, Kujama that were kidnapped the previous week.
Meanwhile, parents and sympathisers of the remaining victims have continued to press for immediate rescue of their children