The Kebbi State Police Command has arrested two suspected kidnappers and rescued a 14-year old boy unhurt during a joint security operation in Ka’oje, Bagudo Local Government Area of the state.
The suspects, identified as Aliyu Alhaji Shehu (alias Altine), 25, and Abubakar Umar (alias Bube), both from Orda village in Bagudo LGA, were apprehended following a gun duel between security operatives and the kidnappers in Sada forest.
In a statement on Sunday, the Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Nafi’u Abubakar, said the operation followed a report that a gang of five armed men had, on October 18, invaded the home of one Alhaji Buda Sambo, abducting his 14-year-old son, Aliyu Buda, and whisking him away to an unknown location.
“Acting on credible intelligence, the Divisional Police Officer, Ka’oje, mobilised a combined team of policemen and local vigilantes who pursued the hoodlums into Sada forest and engaged them in a fierce gun duel.
“As a result of the superior firepower of the team, the kidnappers fled into the forest with suspected gunshot wounds,” the statement read.
The kidnapped boy was later rescued unhurt and reunited with his family after receiving medical attention.