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Police Dismiss Reports Of Mass Abduction On Kaduna-Abuja Highway
Nobody was kidnapped by the bandits as wrongly reported in some sections of the media.
Kaduna State– The Kaduna State Police Command has vehemently denied reports of the abduction of numerous people by suspected bandits along the Kaduna-Abuja highway.
Contrary to widespread speculation, the police assured the public that the Kaduna-Abuja highway remains secure and that there have been no verified cases of mass abductions recently.
In a statement released on Tuesday, the spokesman of the Kaduna State Police Command, Mansir Hassan, admitted that there was a heavy gun duel between security operatives and bandits who attempted to cross the Kaduna-Abuja highway at Dogon Fili area heading towards Jere axis on January 6th, during which some of the bandits escaped with bullet wounds.
According to him, in the course of the gun battle, six persons plying the highway sustained varying degrees of injuries and were rushed to the hospital for medical attention. But he said nobody was kidnapped by the bandits as wrongly reported in some sections of the media.
The image maker identified the victims as Jibrin Tasiu, Jummai Abubakar, Zafira Abubakar, Abdulkarim Nurudeen, Lance Corporal Chinedu Moneke and Ayo James.
He, however, assured that the Kaduna-Abuja highway has been fortified for the use of commuters.