By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Lafia –
The Nasarawa State Police Command has rescued 30 kidnap victims in an operation in Toto Local Government Area (LGA) of the state.
The police spokesman, DSP Ramhan Nansel, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday in Lafia, said the victims were rescued after operatives responded to information that some people had been held hostage in a forest in the local government area .
DSP Nansel said: “On Thursday Jan. 12, we received information that kidnappers were sighted at Sardauna Forest of Toto LGA ,where they held some people hostage.
“In reaction to the unwholesome development, a joint operation was carried out by operatives of the Command in collaboration with Miyetti Allah Vigilante Group of Toto Local Government Area.
“The kidnappers were trailed to their enclave at Sardauna Forest; on sighting the operatives, the criminals dispersed in disarray deep into the forest.
“Consequently, 30 kidnap victims, comprising 20 males and 10 females, were rescued unhurt and taken to the hospital for medical examination and shall be reunited with their family after debriefing,” the police spokesperson .
DSP Nansel, further, explained that Commissioner of Police (CP), Maiyaki Muhammed-Baba, in the state, had ordered continuous combing of the forest.
He also said that the CP had applauded the police operatives of the command and Miyetti Allah Vigilante Group for a job well done.
The police spokesman said the CP assured members of the public that the operation would be sustained in order to sanitise the general area of criminal elements.
He, therefore, appealed to the public to volunteer information about criminals and criminal activities in their areas for prompt action.
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