The Katsina police command has successfully rescued 6 female kidnap victims who were abducted by unrepentant bandits terrorizing Batsari Local Government Area of the state.
Following an alert about the abduction of women working inside a farm at Mata-Mulki village of the local government on Wednesday, January 1, 2020, at about 12:30hrs, the kidnap victims were rescued.
SP Gambo Isah, the Katsina state police spokesperson, reported that the kidnappers engaged the police officers in a gun duel upon their arrival at the scene.
Isah stated,
“Operation Puff Adder led by the DPO Batsari swiftly moved to the area and gave the hoodlums a hot chase into the forest and engaged them into a gun duel.
“Consequently, the bandits abandoned the victims and ran into the forest. The team succeeded in rescuing a 16-year-old Zahara’u Abdullahi and five other young women, all of Mata-Mulki village of Batsari LGA.”