By Correspondent in Lokoja.
The operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, attached to Ajaokuta Division of Kogi State, have rescued 2 kidnapping victims, 2 alleged cattle rustlers and 14 cows in the course of the fight against crime and criminality in the state.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Idris Dabban, disclosed the statistics in a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the Police Command in the state,DSP William Aya and made a copy to The Reporters in Lokoja on Monday.
The Commissioner recalled that on 28/12/2021 at about 1600hrs, following a tip off that some armed hoodlums blocked the express road between NEPA and ASCOL bump, inward Itobe, shooting sporadically in order to scare motorists, to carry out their nefarious crime.
He added that the operatives promptly swung into action, raced to the scene and engaged the hoodlums while they all escaped to the bush.
Dabban,who said that in the process, the operatives rescued 2 victims unhurt, assured that efforts were on for possible apprehension of the hoodlums.
He also revealed that the operatives attached to Enjema Division of the state arrested two suspects: Mohammed Alhaji and Amadu SULE Juji, who specialise in rustling cattle within Enjema and its environs.
“This is sequel to the complaints of missing 15 cows from Fulani Camp at Okobo. The Police promptly swung into action through intelligence-led operations and arrested the suspects at Ogboji in Ankpa Area and recovered 14 Cows.
“The Suspects will be arraigned in court on completion of the investigation,” the Police boss in the state said.
