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Abducted Woman Exposes Kidnappers At Kaduna Checkpoint, Secures Freedom
The girl immediately spoke out, telling the soldiers that she was abducted by the suspects and gave her father’s phone number to the soldiers.
Kaduna State– Mercy Ishaya, a 25-year-old woman, has been freed from her captors after exposing them at a military checkpoint in Kaduna.
Ishaya, who was abducted from her home in the New Bwari community, Tafa Local Government Area of Niger State, managed to alert the authorities about her ordeal while being transported by her kidnappers.
It was gathered that the victim was abducted on August 28, 2024, while her father, Godiya Ishaya, a businessman, was hit and left in the pool of his blood.
However, luck came the way of the victim when soldiers intercepted a Toyota Sienna conveying the bandits who were fleeing a security offensive in Dogon-Daji Forest in Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
Daily Trust reports that a family member of the victim told the publication that upon stopping the bus, the girl immediately spoke out, telling the soldiers that she was abducted by the suspects and gave her father’s phone number to the soldiers.
He said the girl was taken to the hospital before reuniting with her family while the suspects were taken to a military barracks in Kaduna.
The commander of vigilantes in Tafa LGA, Abubakar Hussaini, confirmed the incident to the publication.