The Operatives of Kaduna Police Command attached to Kafanchan Divisional Headquarters have on Saturday rescued Reverend father Andrew Amana of St. Francis Catholic Church Godo-godo, in Jema’a local government area.
Blueprint gathered abducted on 3rd November by unidentified gunmen and whisked to an unknown place.
In a press statement issued by ASP Mansur Hassan, the Police Public Relations Officer, kaduna State Police Command, stated that the Operatives in conjunction with local vigilantes trailed the gunmen to their hideout in the vast Dogon kurmi forest where a gun duel ensued.
He said the Operatives tactically cum successfully dislodged the hoodlums and rescued the clergyman unhurt.
He said two number suspects, namely Lawal Muhammad 27 years and Ya’u Hussain 30 years both males of Datti and Dogon kurmi villages respectively were arrested.
” Equally, an AK-47 rifle loaded with two rounds of live 7.62 X 39mm ammunitions was recovered from the suspects,” he said.
He disclosed that preliminary investigation reveals that the motive of the armed hoodlums who abducted the Reverend father was basically financial since a four million naira ransom has already been agreed with the family of the victim before the Police Operatives struck.
” The gunmen were four in number thus, two are still at large, though strongly suspected to be nursing gunshot wounds from the violent combat.
” Hence, the Police Command is calling on the public around that axis to be on the watch for any person or persons nursing suspected bullet injuries and report same to the closest Police station or any security outfit,” he said.
The Commissioner of Police Kaduna State Command, CP Musa Yusuf Garba, while commending the Operatives for the success, charged them not to relent in denying criminal elements in the State of any operating space.
