The Police Command in Taraba said that it had stopped an attempt by some armed men to abduct a Chinese national in the Gidin Dorowa area of Wukari Local Government Area.
The command`s
Police Public Relations Officer, DSP David Misal, disclosed this in a statement
he issued on Tuesday in Jalingo.
He alleged
that the armed men had blocked the Wukari-Jalingo highway on Monday with an intention to kidnapping the Chinese.
Misal said
that one of the suspected kidnappers was killed in the gun battle with the
police, while his other alleged accomplices escaped with injuries.
“The command
successfully killed one of the kidnappers terrorising Wukari Jalingo road and
recovered one AK47 with two magazines loaded with 60 rounds of ammunition.
The News
Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Wukari-Jalingo highway has become a
death trap for travellers.
Mr Danlami
Shamaki, the Proprietor of Winners Comprehensive Secondary School, Jalingo, was
killed on the road in a suspected failed kidnap attempt.
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