The Niger State Police Command on Saturday confirmed it had rescued the abducted Zone C Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Aminu Bobi, from his abductors.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed this in a statement in Minna.
Abiodun said the chairman was rescued on Friday at about 3:30pm around Igwama forest, Bobi District of Mariga Local Government Area of the state.
He said: “The victim was rescued from the forest, debriefed and taken to the General Hospital, Kontagora, for medical attention, while efforts to track down the culprits are being intensified.
“It is also noteworthy to state that on August 7 about 14:30 hours (2:30pm), suspected armed men had attacked the victim and his driver, one Nasiru Bobi, on their way to their farm on Ukuru road in Bobi district area of Mariga LGA.
“The driver was shot on the leg and abandoned by the assailants, while the chairman was abducted.”
According to Abiodun, the command has mobilised a joint police, army and vigilante team to the area for manhunt of the gunmen.
He said the driver was later rescued and taken to the General Hospital, Kontagora, where he received medical treatment.
Abiodun solicited for vital information from the residents that would ensure that the students of Mallam Salihu Tanko Islamiyya Tagina were also rescued unhurt.
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