The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Monday, rescued four kidnapped victims from a notorious kidnappers’ den located at Sauni Hills, Lambata, along the boundary between the territory and Niger State.
The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Anjuguri Manzah, a deputy superintendent of police, in a statement, said the victims were rescued following a special operation launched by the command.
Mr Manzah said the operation was sequel to a distress call received at Gwagwalada Police Division that two persons, a male and a female were kidnapped from their home by some heavily armed persons on February 8.READ ALSO:“The operation forced the heavily armed kidnappers, who engaged the police rescue team in fierce exchange of gunfire, to abandon their victims at the mountainous terrain used as their hideout before escaping,” he said.
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