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Gunmen had free rein in Jigawa State on Christmas Day as they killed two police officers, abducted a nursing mother and abandoned her one-month old baby in a separate incident.
In Ekiti State, gunmen also struck on Christmas Day at about 6pm, abducting travellers along Isan-Iludun road.
The combined efforts of the police, Amotekun corps, and local hunters led to the rescue of one of the victims.
The two police officers were killed during a gun duel with suspected kidnappers at Jargo Fulani settlement of Garki LGA Local Government Area of Jigawa State.
According to Police Public Relations Officer for the state, SP Abdul Jinjiri, the slain officers stormed the hideout of the kidnappers terrorising residents of the area based on earlier intelligence.
Police in Jigawa State have rescued one Ibrahim Bronco who was kidnapped by gunmen from his hometown in Jahun Local Government Area of the state.
The Police Public Relations Officer in Jigawa, Abdu Jinjiri, confirmed the incident to Channels Television on Saturday.
He explained that the victim was taken from his house by 12 gunmen on motorcycles at about 2am in the morning, but was later released due to the pressure by the police who mounted roadblocks in all the possible exits.
“Today, being Saturday 19/12/2020 at about 2am, the police in Jahun LGA received a distress call that unknown hoodlums numbering about 12 armed themselves with dangerous weapons, stormed the house of one Ibrahim Bronco ‘m’ 52years of Bakin Kasuwa quarters, Jahun LGA, robbed him the sum of N140,000, fired some shots in the air and whisked him away on motorcycles,” Jinjiri noted in a statement.