{"id":15259,"date":"2019-09-10T15:32:13","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T15:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=15259"},"modified":"2019-09-10T15:32:13","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T15:32:13","slug":"police-confirm-kidnap-of-6-persons-on-kaduna-abuja-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-confirm-kidnap-of-6-persons-on-kaduna-abuja-highway","title":{"rendered":"Police confirm kidnap of 6 persons on Kaduna-Abuja highway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Kaduna State Police Command has confirmed the kidnap of six persons in Rijana village along Kaduna-Abuja expressway on Sep. 7.<\/p>\n<p>The Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Yakubu Sabo said in a press statement issued on Monday in Kaduna that two of the victims were however abandoned by the bandits.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the kidnappers who were in military uniform intercepted a commercial bus registered ABJ 905 XC around 11:30 pm at a point near Rijana and took away the victims.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPatrol 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth victims were taken to the Rijana police station alongside the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEfforts are still on to rescue the remaining four victims and arrest the criminals,\u201d Sabo said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kaduna State Police Command has confirmed the kidnap of six persons in Rijana village along Kaduna-Abuja expressway on Sep. 7. The Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Yakubu Sabo said in a press statement issued on Monday in Kaduna that two of the victims were however abandoned by the bandits. 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