Police rescue 2 kidnapped female teenagers in Kaduna

The Kaduna State Police Command, on Thursday revealed the rescue of two female teenagers kidnapped by bandits, including the recovery a motorcycle in Galadimawa district of Giwa Local Government Area, Kaduna State.

The Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, DSP Mohammed Jalige, in a statement in Kaduna on Thursday, narrated that the victims were rescued on September 3, at about 16.40hrs by the command’s Operation Whirl Punch.

He said that the personnel were on crime prevention patrol and surveillance along Shillalai road, Galadimawa district, where they intercepted a gang of bandits bearing sophisticated weapons.

The PPRO highlighted: “The bandits succumbed to the superior tactical fire power of the Police and fled in disarray into the forest with varying degrees of bullet wounds.

“Upon further push into the forest, the operatives rescued two female kidnapped victims forced to be abandoned by their fleeing abductors.

“An unregistered operational Honda motorcycle belonging to the kidnappers was equally recovered.”

The PPRO identified the rescued victims as Halima Rabiu, 16, and Suwaiba Nura, 27, noting that they were kidnapped in Dindibis Gangara in Galadimawa district.

He said that the rescued kidnaped victims were medically evaluated and handed over to their respective families.

Jalige said the Commissioner of Police, Yekini Ayoku, has assured the public of the command ‘s commitment to sustain ongoing operation against criminals.