Police say suspect, hunter killed in gunfight, six kidnap victims freed
The police command in Plateau says it killed a suspect and rescued six kidnap victims.
The police spokesman in Plateau, DSP Alfred Alabo, stated on Thursday that the kidnappers abducted the victims from Gwalada village in Toro LGA of Bauchi on Wednesday.
“The kidnappers invaded Gwalada village in Toro local government area of Bauchi state on Wednesday and kidnapped some residents. They moved the victims to a rocky forest between Tumu, Tsaya and Rumfar-Gomna communities in the Bassa local government area of Plateau.
“The Divisional Police Officer in Jengre, Plateau, led a combined team of operatives, troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), and local security groups to the kidnappers’ camp.
“On sighting the security operatives, the kidnappers engaged them in a fierce gun battle, but they were subdued by the superior firepower of the security operatives,” said the police.
The command added, “Six victims were rescued while one of the kidnappers was gunned down, but his cohorts fled with various degrees of bullet wounds. Sadly, one Nuhu Titus, a hunter who assisted the security operatives in the rescue operation, lost his life in the process.”
The force added that security operatives were intensifying efforts to arrest the fleeing suspects and rescue other victims.
(NAN)
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