{"id":221807,"date":"2024-09-29T10:10:43","date_gmt":"2024-09-29T10:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/29\/six-victims-rescued-as-katsina-police-military-foil-kidnapping-attempts\/"},"modified":"2024-09-29T10:10:43","modified_gmt":"2024-09-29T10:10:43","slug":"six-victims-rescued-as-katsina-police-military-foil-kidnapping-attempts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/29\/six-victims-rescued-as-katsina-police-military-foil-kidnapping-attempts\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Victims Rescued As Katsina Police, Military Foil Kidnapping Attempts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Katsina State Police Command, in coordination with military, has repelled two separate kidnapping attempts in the state.<\/p>\n<p>ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, the Katsina Police Command\u2019s Public Relations Officer, confirmed this in a statement issued on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>According to the PPRO, on Saturday, a distress call was received at the Jibia Divisional Police Headquarters alleging an attempted kidnapping on the Jibia-Kuran Namoda road in Katsina State.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cUpon receipt of the report, police operatives, in collaboration with the military, immediately responded to the scene and engaged the suspects in a gun duel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFour kidnapped victims were successfully rescued and rushed to the hospital for medical attention.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, one victim succumbed to gunshot injuries sustained during the attack.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He further stated that a distress call concerning another abduction attempt was received by the Faskari Divisional Police Headquarters in Unguwar Boka hamlet, located along the Funua-Gusau road in the Faskari Local Government Area.<\/p>\n<p>The public relations officer stated that the operatives moved quickly to the area, collaborating with the military, and engaged the assailants in a gunfight.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: Police Recover Stolen Transformers, Arrest Suspects In Edo<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRegrettably, the assailants fatally shot one of the victims during the attack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, two kidnapped victims were successfully rescued unhurt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEfforts are being intensified to ensure the arrest of the perpetrators as the investigation continues,\u201d Sadiq-Aliyu said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-advadstrackid=\"941128\" data-advadstrackbid=\"1\" class=\"infor-target\" id=\"infor-1678189950\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/FirstBank-Giant-Strides300x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Katsina State Police Command, in coordination with military, has repelled two separate kidnapping attempts in the state. ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, the Katsina Police Command\u2019s Public Relations Officer, confirmed this in a statement issued on Saturday. According to the PPRO, on Saturday, a distress call was received at the Jibia Divisional Police Headquarters alleging an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":221809,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-221807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Six Victims Rescued As Katsina Police, Military Foil Kidnapping Attempts - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\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.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/29\/six-victims-rescued-as-katsina-police-military-foil-kidnapping-attempts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Six Victims Rescued As Katsina Police, Military Foil Kidnapping Attempts - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Katsina State Police Command, in coordination with military, has repelled two separate kidnapping attempts in the state. 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