The incessant cases of kidnapping along Abuja-Kaduna road is not receding anytime soon as Police have confirmed the kidnap of another 6 people on the Highway.
The Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Yakubu Sabo said in a press statement issued on Monday in Kaduna that two of the victims were however abandoned by the bandits.
According to him, the kidnappers who were in military uniform intercepted a commercial bus registered ABJ 905 XC around 11:30 pm at a point near Rijana and took away the victims.
“Patrol teams within the axis were quickly mobilised to the scene and engaged the hoodlums as a result of which one Rofiat Tijjani, aged 17, and one other person, both of Tudunwada Kaduna, were released by the criminals in their desperate attempt to escape.
“Both victims were taken to the Rijana police station alongside the vehicle.
“Efforts are still on to rescue the remaining four victims and arrest the criminals,” Sabo said.
Kidnapping has remained the most virulent form of banditry in recent most especially on the dreadful Abuja-Kaduna Highway.
Three persons were reportedly killed while three final year students of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria were abducted on the highway. They were later released with reports of alleged payment of ransom by relatives.
Thousands of Nigerians have been kidnapped for ransom and other purposes over the years.
The scourge has continued unabated in spite of measures put in place by the government to curtail it.