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No fewer than 30 kidnap victims held hostage within the Toto Native Authorities Space of Nasarawa State have been rescued following a joint operation by officers of the state Police Command in collaboration with Miyetti Allah Vigilante Group within the space.
The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Ramhan Nansel, made the disclosure in an announcement made accessible to newsmen in Lafia on Friday.
He stated, “On January 12, 2023, info was obtained that suspected kidnappers had been sighted at Sardauna Forest of Toto Native Authorities Space, Nasarawa State the place they held victims hostage.
“In response to the unwholesome growth, a joint operation was carried out by operatives of the Command in collaboration with Miyetti Allah Vigilante Group of Toto LGA.
“The abductors had been nevertheless trailed to their enclave at Sardauna Forest, and on sighting the operatives, the criminals dispersed in disarray deep into the forest.
“Consequently, thirty (30) kidnapped victims comprising of 20 males and 10 females had been rescued unharmed and brought to the hospital for medical examination and shall be reunited with their household after debriefing.”
Nansel added that the Commissioner of Police, Maiyaki Baba, applauded the brave effort of the police operatives and Miyetti Allah Vigilante Group for a job properly achieved, and ordered the continual combing of all of the bushes and forest throughout the 13 LGAs of the state.
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