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An undisclosed number of persons have been abducted by gunmen while travelling in a Toyota Hilux van with registration number CT 01 AF on Monday at about 6:30pm.
The armed men were said to have intercepted the van at a point near Gidan Visa along the Abuja-Kaduna expressway and started firing at it in the bid to compel the driver to stop the vehicle.
The Kaduna State Police Command confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday, saying the travellers were kidnapped on Monday night.
According to the Police Public Relations Officer, Yakubu Sabo, the assailants intercepted the victims near Gidan Visa village, opened fire on them and shot a traveller in the process after which they were taken to an unknown destination.
He, however, said the security patrol teams within the axis quickly moved to the scene, rescued the injured person and rushed him to the hospital.
A combined team of personnel from the Anti Kidnapping Unit, Police Mobile Force and conventional police was said to have mobilised to the area for intensive general search operation with a view to rescuing the victims and apprehending the kidnappers.
The PPRO said a bank teller bearing the name of a possible victim and two footwear have been recovered in the Hilux which has since been taken to the police station.
‘While the operation is still on, investigation on the incident has also commenced and update will follow,” he added.
He, therefore, appealed to members of the public to support the police with relevant information on the whereabouts of the kidnappers and other suspected criminals in their resolve to curb the menace of banditry and other related crimes in the state.
The Kaduna Police Command however described as fake a story going round to the effect that about 30 people have been kidnapped along Abuja-Kaduna expressway and their vehicles abandoned by the road side on Monday.
He said, “The Command wishes to unequivocally refute the story as fake and fictitiously fabricated by some unpatriotic elements to create panic in the minds of unsuspecting citizens who ply the road for their legitimate businesses.”
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An undisclosed number of persons have been abducted by gunmen while travelling in a Toyota Hilux van with registration number CT 01 AF on Monday at about 6:30pm.
The armed men were said to have intercepted the van at a point near Gidan Visa along the Abuja-Kaduna expressway and started firing at it in the bid to compel the driver to stop the vehicle.
The Kaduna State Police Command confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday, saying the travellers were kidnapped on Monday night.
According to the Police Public Relations Officer, Yakubu Sabo, the assailants intercepted the victims near Gidan Visa village, opened fire on them and shot a traveller in the process after which they were taken to an unknown destination.
He, however, said the security patrol teams within the axis quickly moved to the scene, rescued the injured person and rushed him to the hospital.
A combined team of personnel from the Anti Kidnapping Unit, Police Mobile Force and conventional police was said to have mobilised to the area for intensive general search operation with a view to rescuing the victims and apprehending the kidnappers.
The PPRO said a bank teller bearing the name of a possible victim and two footwear have been recovered in the Hilux which has since been taken to the police station.
‘While the operation is still on, investigation on the incident has also commenced and update will follow,” he added.
He, therefore, appealed to members of the public to support the police with relevant information on the whereabouts of the kidnappers and other suspected criminals in their resolve to curb the menace of banditry and other related crimes in the state.
The Kaduna Police Command however described as fake a story going round to the effect that about 30 people have been kidnapped along Abuja-Kaduna expressway and their vehicles abandoned by the road side on Monday.
He said, “The Command wishes to unequivocally refute the story as fake and fictitiously fabricated by some unpatriotic elements to create panic in the minds of unsuspecting citizens who ply the road for their legitimate businesses.”
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