Abducted Police Top Shot Emmanuel Adeniyi, Family Members Regain Freedom
Emmanuel Adeniyi, serving in Zamfara State, was kidnapped
alongside his family members and aides along Birnin-Gwari-Funtua Highway in
Kaduna State.
His release Saturday night was confirmed to PREMIUM TIMES by
Zamfara State Commissioner of Police, Shaba Alkali.
“I can confirm to you that my assistant has been released
with others who were kidnapped with him,” Mr. Alkali told PREMIUM TIMES by
telephone.
It is not immediately clear under what terms the police
chief and others were released by their abductors. Mr. Alkali credited
“intelligence efforts” of the police for the development.
Kidnapping activities have become rife around Kaduna State
in recent years, despite efforts by authorities to curb the potentially deadly
menace.
Within the past year, high-profile kidnappings —which
involved a top Sierra-Leonian diplomat, a former Nigerian minister, a serving
federal lawmaker and an Army colonel —have been carried out by the dreaded
thugs along the route.
In July, the police deployed several teams to secure
strategic sections of the Abuja-Kaduna Highway, a measure that yielded an
immediate arrest of 32 criminal suspects.
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