* Niger Police Rescue 35 Kidnapped Victims being transported to Kebbi.
* Victims were rescued during multiple. operations by the police
* Investigations are ongoing to apprehend other members of the kidnapping network.
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The Niger State Police Command have rescued 35 kidnapped victims, including women and children.
The victims who are said to have been abducted about a year ago by bandits were being transported to Yauri in Kebbi State when the police intervened.
It was gathered that the victims were abducted from different communities in Niger State, including Pandogari, Madaka, Allawa, and Sarkin-Pawa, as well as from Taraba State.
According to the State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun, the victims were rescued during multiple operations conducted between 3rd and 5th July.
He stated that in one of the operations along the Madaka–Makujeri road, police tactical teams intercepted a vehicle driven by Yusuf Abdullahi, a resident of Birnin Gwari in Kaduna State, who was allegedly transporting 24 victims to Kebbi to be handed over to another group of bandits.
According to the police, some of the abductees had already been dropped off in Tegina to continue the journey in a different vehicle.
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The driver was arrested, and the rescued individuals were taken to a medical facility for treatment and assessment.
Also in a related operation, officers in Agwara intercepted another group, five women and six children, attempting to cross a river into Kebbi.
Superintendent Abiodun confirmed the incident and stated that further investigations are ongoing to apprehend other members of the kidnapping network.
