{"id":38438,"date":"2021-12-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/?guid=96a90832c3901fae7b02ffe84037c62d"},"modified":"2021-12-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-25T00:00:00","slug":"nigeria-police-foil-kidnap-rescue-48-persons-in-kaduna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/nigeria-police-foil-kidnap-rescue-48-persons-in-kaduna\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria: Police foil kidnap, rescue 48 persons in Kaduna"},"content":{"rendered":"
Nigeria\u2019s Kaduna State Police Command has foiled a kidnap attempt, rescuing 48 persons at Udawa village in Chikun local government area of the state.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The command\u2019s spokesman, ASP Mohammed Jalige, said this in a statement he issued on the operation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
He said attempted kidnap occurred on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Jalige explained that on Wednesday at about 09:30 am, policemen escorting traders from Udawa village to Kaduna came under attack by bandits, leading to the kidnap of a number of persons.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
He said the team reinforced and engaged the bandits, forcing them to retreat and abandon their victims, some with gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
He said, \u201cThe operatives succeeded in rescuing 48 people.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u201cThey were profiled and subsequently escorted to their destination safely.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Jalije, however, said that one woman was yet to be accounted for, adding that there was an ongoing effort to rescue her unharmed.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the police spokesman said operatives had arrested three suspects and recovered 1,454 bottles of Codeine syrup on the Kaduna-Zaria Road.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
He said that the police patrol team attached to Sabon Gari Division in Zaria intercepted an unregistered vehicle on the Kaduna-Zaria Road carrying the bottles of the codeine syrup.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Jalige also said that 44 pieces of adulterated Gluta white cream and eight bags containing chemicals were recovered from the vehicle.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
He alleged that the codeine was meant to be delivered to suspected bandits in Yakawa Wada village of Giwa LGA of Kaduna State.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: Nam News Network<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nigeria\u2019s Kaduna State Police Command has foiled a kidnap attempt, rescuing 48 persons at Udawa village in Chikun local government area of the state.The command\u2019s spokesman, ASP Mohammed Jalige, said this in a statement he issued on the operation.He sa…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n