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The Kaduna State Police Command has said it rescued seven kidnapped victims, including a pastor and his four children.
Spokesperson of the Command, ASP Mohammed Jalige, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, said Pastor Ozigi Hassan of the Mercy Place Ministry Church and his family were abducted by bandits at their home in Kudenda, Chikun Local Government Area of the state.
Jalige said Yusuf Sirajo and Kabiru Yahaya, were also rescued around Buruku and Birnin Gwari Highway in Chikun.
The police spokesman said the pastor and his family were being moved to the forest when operatives of the command rescued them following a distressed call.
He stressed that he is currently grappling with the problem of resettling the persons displaced by the insurgents in the state and expressed optimism that peace will return to the state.
Hoodlums attack journalists in Rivers
Some Port-Harcourt based journalists have been attacked by hoodlums in Rumuagholu community, Obio Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers Stat.
Some Port-Harcourt based journalists have been attacked by hoodlums in Rumuagholu community, Obio Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State.
The journalists said they were in the community to cover a media briefing on a disputed piece of land when they suddenly came under attack.
The victims of the attack, which happened on Tuesday, alleged that the hoodlums were aided by some officers of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the Rivers State police command.
Narrating their ordeal, one of the journalists said “they came in the company of the police and immediately they finished, the police and the hoodlums left together.
Daily Post Nigeria
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Some Port-Harcourt based journalists have been attacked by hoodlums in Rumuagholu community, Obio Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State.
The journalists said they were in the community to cover a media briefing on a disputed piece of land when they suddenly came under attack.
The victims of the attack, which happened on Tuesday, alleged that the hoodlums were aided by some officers of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the Rivers State police command.
Narrating their ordeal, one of the journalists said “they came in the company of the police and immediately they finished, the police and the hoodlums left together.