The Nation Newspaper Plateau: Two killed, six rescued as police engage kidnappers in gun duel
Police Command has confirmed the death of two persons and the rescue of six kidnapped victims after policemen engaged the kidnappers in a gun duel.
The Command’s spokesman, DSP Alfred Alabo, in a statement in Jos, Plateau State capital, confirmed the incident, stating that the police acted on a tip-off after the kidnappers invaded Gwalada village in Toro LGA of Bauchi State and kidnapped some residents to a rocky forest in between Tumu, Tsaya and Rumfar Gomna in Bassa LGA in Plateau. The Divisional Police Officer of Jengre subsequently led a combined team of policemen and vigilante groups to the kidnappers’ den, he said.
The Commissioner of Police Plateau State Police Command, CP Okoro Alawari, assured Plateau residents of the commitment of the Police to combat crime and criminality in the State.
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