Police rescue kidnapped Bethel Baptist student, two others

The Kaduna Police Command has rescued one of the students of Bethel Baptist School, Kaduna, and two other victims from their abductors.

The victims were rescued during a routine patrol mission by the operatives around the forest of Tsohon Gaya village of Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna.

The Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Jalige, said this in a statement that the two other rescued victims were kidnapped recently along Kaduna – Kachia Road.

The statement read in part, “On the 12th July 2021 at about 3:40 pm, the Operatives of the Command alongside Civilian JTF during a routine rescue patrol around the forest of Tsohon Gaya village of Chikun LGA of Kaduna State stumbled on three kidnapped victims roaming the bush extremely exhausted and weak.

“The victims were safely evacuated and rushed to Police Clinic Kaduna where they are currently being resuscitated and will subsequently be handed over to their immediate families.”

The police identified Zaharaddeen Ibrahim, Nura Nuhu; victims kidnapped recently along Kaduna – Kachia Road and Abraham Aniya, and one of Bethel Baptist Secondary School students, Kujama kidnapped the previous week.

The Command reassured the public of its resolve to ensure more victims are rescued within the shortest possible time.