Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force attached to Police Mobile Force (PMF), 70 Squadron, Kabba on Friday Friday foiled abduction of passengers along Ayere road in Ijumu local government area of the state.
This is consequent upon a distress that some armed hoodlums blocked the road in an attempt to abduct some passengers in a vehicle.
In a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP William Aya, on receipt of the distress call, reinforcement teams from Sharper Corner pindown were promptly mobilized and sent to the scene which equally engaged the hoodlums, and owing to the superior fire power of the Police, the hoodlums fled into the bush and abandoned their victims who were rescued by the Police.
According to the Aya, the Commissioner of Police, Kogi State Command, CP Miller Dantawaye, has ordered the deployment of additional operational and tactical assets of the Command to embark on thorough combing of the surrounding bushes with a view to apprehending the hoodlums and bringing 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.
