Police kill ‘bandit’, rescue nine kidnap victims in Kaduna

The police command in Kaduna says it has killed a suspected bandit and arrested Rabe Baushe and Badamasi Usman, two suspects, after a raid on a camp in the state.

In a statement on Saturday, Mohammad Jalige, spokesman of the Kaduna police command, said nine abducted victims were rescued during the operation.

Jalige said the camp is located in a forest in Igabi LGA.

“On the 31st December, 2021, at about 0200hrs the operatives of the Kaduna State Police Command in collaboration with the Force Intelligence Bureau and Special Tactical Squad of the Force Headquarters, Abuja and some local vigilantes stormed a notorious bandits’ camp belonging to one Isiya located in the forest of Sabon Birni village of Igabi LGA of Kaduna state,” the spokesman said.

“This is in response to gathered intelligence that some victims were held hostage for ransom in the said forest.

“The mission was cautiously and successfully executed which resulted in one bandit neutralised, while many others escaped with varying degrees of bullet wounds.

“However, two suspects namely; Rabe Baushe and Badamasi Usman were arrested and taken into custody for further investigation.

“Meanwhile nine victims were equally rescued in the operation.”

Jalige also quoted Mudassiru Abdullahi, Kaduna state police commissioner, as praising “the commitment and doggedness of the officers and tasked them to sustain the tempo so as to usher in the Year 2022 on high note”.