The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) in Jigawa said it had found a kidnapped 45-year-old man in the Suletankarkar Local Government Area of the state.

The NSCDC spokesperson in the state, Adamu Shehu, confirmed the incident to journalists in Dutse on Saturday.

Mr Shehu said the victim, Dauda, a resident of Maigatarin Bawan Allah village in Garki LGA, was found unconscious by the pond along Gumel-Babura road in Suletankarkar LGA on Thursday.

He explained that the victim, after regaining consciousness in Suletankarkar Primary Healthcare Centre, where he was taken by NSCDC personnel, alleged that he was kidnapped in Dutse, on Wednesday, along Dutse-Kiyawa road after withdrawing N800,000 from a bank.

“He narrated that it was while he was trying to board a motorcycle to the motor park that a taxi pulled over, and the driver asked him where he was travelling to.

“And when he told the driver that he was travelling to Garki, the driver told him to enter the car as he was also going the same way,” he said.

The spokesperson added that the victim narrated that after boarding the car with other passengers already in it, they reached Suletankarkar LGA when it was already dark.

According to his narration, the victim could not locate where they headed to and only found himself in a building together with other hostages.

Mr Shehu said the family of the victims were later contacted by the kidnappers to pay N5 million as ransom, which he asked them not to give.

“As a result, the suspected kidnappers forced him to inhale a substance which made him unconscious, only to wake up in the hospital and be told he was found by the pond side.

“The victim is a staff member of the Local Education Authority in Garki LGA,” Mr Shehu said.

He said the corps, in collaboration with other security agencies, are working to apprehend the suspects and rescue the remaining kidnapped victims.

(NAN)