{"id":150394,"date":"2025-02-15T10:58:35","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T09:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nigerian-police-neutralise-4-kidnappers-in-kebbi-rescue-victim-recover-n3m"},"modified":"2025-02-20T15:12:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T14:12:34","slug":"nigerian-police-neutralise-4-kidnappers-in-kebbi-rescue-victim-recover-n3m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-police-neutralise-4-kidnappers-in-kebbi-rescue-victim-recover-n3m","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian police neutralise 4 kidnappers in Kebbi, rescue victim, recover N3m"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Kebbi State Police Command has neutralised four suspected kidnappers, rescued a victim, and recovered N3 million in Suru Local Government Area of the state.<\/p>\n<p>The command\u2019s spokesman, CSP Nafi\u2019u Abubakar, disclosed this in a statement issued in Birnin Kebbi on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn 14 February, at about 1:45 pm, armed men suspected to be kidnappers invaded Gobiraje Village in Suru Local Government Area of Kebbi and abducted one Umaru Bawa, aged 60.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUpon receiving the report, the Divisional Police Officer in Suru swiftly mobilised a team of policemen and vigilantes to the scene. They tracked the suspects to Tundafari Forest in the Dakingari axis and engaged them in a gun battle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a result, four of the kidnappers were neutralised, one was arrested with fatal injuries, while others fled into the forest with gunshot wounds,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to Abubakar, the police also successfully rescued the kidnapped victim unharmed and recovered the sum of N3 million, which had already been paid to the kidnappers as ransom.<\/p>\n<p>Commending the officers for their efforts, the State Commissioner of Police, Bello Sani, praised their resilience, professionalism, and tactical display of bravery.<\/p>\n<p>The commissioner further reaffirmed the command\u2019s commitment to combating crime in the state and urged residents to remain vigilant.<\/p>\n<p>Sani appealed to the peace-loving people of Kebbi to always be security-conscious and report any suspicious activity to the nearest police station for prompt action.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Kebbi State Police Command has neutralised four suspected kidnappers, rescued a victim, and recovered N3 million in Suru Local Government Area of the state. The command\u2019s spokesman, CSP Nafi\u2019u Abubakar, disclosed this in a statement issued in Birnin Kebbi on Saturday. \u201cOn 14 February, at about 1:45 pm, armed men suspected [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":150393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[2329,2917,254,548,165],"class_list":["post-150394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-kebbi","tag-kidnappers","tag-nigeria","tag-nigerian-police","tag-police"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nigerian police neutralise 4 kidnappers in Kebbi, rescue victim, recover N3m - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Kebbi State Police Command has neutralised four suspected kidnappers, rescued a victim, and recovered N3 million in ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-police-neutralise-4-kidnappers-in-kebbi-rescue-victim-recover-n3m\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nigerian police neutralise 4 kidnappers in Kebbi, rescue victim, recover N3m\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Kebbi State Police Command has neutralised four suspected kidnappers, rescued a victim, and recovered N3 million in ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-police-neutralise-4-kidnappers-in-kebbi-rescue-victim-recover-n3m\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-15T09:58:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-20T14:12:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1739605078.284094.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"719\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-police-neutralise-4-kidnappers-in-kebbi-rescue-victim-recover-n3m#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-police-neutralise-4-kidnappers-in-kebbi-rescue-victim-recover-n3m\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Nigerian police neutralise 4 kidnappers in Kebbi, rescue victim, recover N3m\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-15T09:58:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-20T14:12:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-police-neutralise-4-kidnappers-in-kebbi-rescue-victim-recover-n3m\"},\"wordCount\":255,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-police-neutralise-4-kidnappers-in-kebbi-rescue-victim-recover-n3m#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1739605078.284094.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Kebbi\",\"kidnappers\",\"Nigeria\",\"Nigerian police\",\"Police\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-police-neutralise-4-kidnappers-in-kebbi-rescue-victim-recover-n3m#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-police-neutralise-4-kidnappers-in-kebbi-rescue-victim-recover-n3m\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-police-neutralise-4-kidnappers-in-kebbi-rescue-victim-recover-n3m\",\"name\":\"Nigerian police neutralise 4 kidnappers in Kebbi, rescue victim, recover N3m - 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