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Gunmen in military uniform kidnap six persons in Kaduna Village
Some gunmen in military uniform on Monday, kidnapped six persons at Rijana village along Kaduna-Abuja expressway.
The Kaduna State police command on Monday confirmed the incident.
The Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Yakubu Sabo in a press statement issued on Monday in Kaduna, said that two of the victims were, however, abandoned by the bandits.
According to him, the kidnappers who were in military uniform, intercepted a commercial bus registered ABJ 905 XC around 11:30pm at a point near Rijana and took away the victims.
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“Patrol teams within the axis were quickly mobilised to the scene and engaged the hoodlums as a result of which one Rofiat Tijjani, aged 17, and one other person, both of Tudunwada Kaduna, were released by the criminals in their desperate attempt to escape.
“Both victims were taken to the Rijana police station alongside the vehicle.
“Efforts are still on to rescue the remaining four victims and arrest the criminals,” Sabo said.
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