The operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, attached to Police Mobile Force, 70 Squadron, Kabba, on Friday, foiled the abduction of passengers along Ayere road.
According to press statement issued on Saturday by SP William Ovye Aya, Police Public Relations Officer, Kogi State Police Command, stated that this was consequent upon a distress that some armed hoodlums blocked the road in an attempt to abduct some passengers in a Vehicle.
His words, “On receipt of the distress call, reinforcement teams from Sharper Corner pindown were promptly mobilised and sent to the scene which equally engaged the hoodlums, and owing to the superior firepower of the Police, the hoodlums fled into the bush and abandoned their victims who were rescued by the Police.
“The Commissioner of Police, Kogi State Command, CP Miller G. Dantawaye, PSC, has ordered the deployment of additional operational and tactical assets of the Command to embark on thorough combing of the surrounding bushes to apprehend pepetrators and bring them to deserved justice”.
The CP while commending the unwavering dedication by the men of 70 PMF, Kabba, assured the public that the Police will not rest on its oars in the fight against criminality in the State.
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