5 Kidnap Victims Rescued In Taraba

Personnel of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) person rescued 5 kidnapped persons, who were abducted precocious by yet-to-be identified equipped criminals successful Wukari section authorities country of Taraba State.

It was reported that 7 persons were whisked distant connected Thursday, October 2, 2025, astatine Kasuwan Shanu on Wukari-Zaki Biam Road to an chartless destination.

ASP James Lashen Saminu, the Taraba State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, successful a connection issued to newsmen successful Jalingo, the authorities capital, said the palmy cognition was successful collaboration with the Nigeria Army.

The connection work successful part: “on 2/10/2025, astatine astir 10:35hrs, accusation was received done a telephone telephone that connected the aforesaid date, astatine astir 2210hrs, a reddish Toyota Carina II with registration fig BSA 766AE, driven by Terna Gbaya ‘m’ of Zaki-Biam, carrying 7 passengers, was stopped by chartless equipped men who moved the passengers retired and forced them into the bush.

“Upon receiving the distress information, the DPO Wukari Division mobilised his men successful collaboration with the military, visited the scene, and gave the abductors a blistery pursuit, which made them merchandise 5 occupants who were subsequently rescued by the associated team.”

Those rescued from the suspected kidnappers included: Musa Adamu, male, of Tella, Gassol section government, and Comfort Iyofar, female, of Vasse, Wukari each from Taraba State, portion Rose Sor, female, of Kyuwande section government, Lydia Vyiashima, female, of Kwanshisha section government, Terna Gbaya, male, of Zaki-Biam, each from from Benue State.

The connection further stated that, “efforts are ongoing to way down the culprits for the imaginable rescue of the different victims and their arrest.”

The Taraba State Commissioner of Police, Betty Enekpen Isokpan Otimenyin, commended the gallant officers progressive successful the cognition and assured the nationalist that the bid volition spare nary effort successful ensuring the information and information of each residents in Taraba State.