The state's Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs,
Samuel Aruwan, said in a statement on Saturday, April 3, 2021 that the women were kidnapped when armed bandits attacked a village in a neighbouring state.
Their captors had since then moved them around to evade capture, before they eventually crossed into Chikun local government area of the state.
A tip-off to the Police on Thursday, April 1 about the sighting of the women led to the deployment of officers who engaged the bandits, forcing them to abandon their captives in Rijiya Uku general area.
The freed hostages were identified as
Ladi Nuhu,
Justina Ayuba.