Three abducted children freed in Adamawa

The Adamawa State Police Command has confirmed the rescue of three children abducted by a gang of kidnappers in the state.
The Public Relations Officer of the Command, DSP Othman Abubakar, who made the disclosure at a press briefing on Thursday in Yola, said the three suspects were killed.
Abubakar said the operation was carried out by the police with the support of the famous crime fighter, Alhaji Ali Kwara.
The police spokesman said eight AK 47 rifles, one RPG, 477 rounds of ammunitions and some amount of local and foreign currencies were recovered from the suspects.
During the briefing, N500,000 collected as ransom by the kidnappers were handed over to the father of the three abducted children, Alhaji Grema Degereji.
Degereji thanked the police and Kwara for rescuing his children and recovering the ransom money.
Speaking to reporters, Kwara decried the activities of some local vigilante members, who he accused of involvement in criminal activities.
He said his investigation had revealed that many vigilante members were “repentant robbers”, who hide under the cover of the voluntary organisation to engage in criminal activities such as kidnappings and cattle rustling.
“The person behind this kidnap is a so-called repentant armed robber who hides under the cover of being a vigilante member,” Kwara said.
NAN.