According to police, a kidnapper was killed in Adamawa State.
Usaman Manu, 23, was abducted in Gola village, Song Local Government Area, by an anonymous kidnapper who was part of a gang.
The kidnapper was said to have been murdered following a shoot-out with the police, according to DSP Suleiman Nguroge, the state’s police spokesperson.
“The Adamawa State police command on 31/05/2021 received report from one Yahaya Muhammed of Gola village, Song Local Government Area that on the 28/5/2021 between the hours of 1am and 2am, armed men numbering four invaded his house, situated at Gola village, and kidnapped his son, Usman Manu, 22, at gunpoint.
The kidnappers later called and demanded a ransom of N3 million (three million naira) and directed that the ransom be taken to them in a certain place situated at a remote side of Zumo Mountain.
The Commissioner of Police, Aliyu Adamu Alhaji, immediately deployed the command’s machineries to augment the strength of the operatives attached to Song division and vigilantes.
The suspects in an attempt to escape, fired sporadically to scare our men, but when fire was returned, one of the kidnappers was neutralised and the kidnapped victim was rescued unharmed.
The CP commended the DPO of Song and the vigilantes for their resilience.
He also directed them to sustain the tempo and to go after the fleeing suspects.
The command, while reassuring of its commitment to protect lives and property, calls on members of the public to continue to report to the police any suspicious character around their neighbourhood”, He said.
