Abuja Businessman Kidnapped In Kano, Abductor Intercepted In Kaduna

By Suleiman Anyalewechi

The Kaduna State Police Command said it has aborted the abduction of Mohammed Goni Jidda, an Abuja based automobile dealer.

The  victim was  rescued by police operatives who intercepted one of his  abductors on their way from Kano through Kaduna to Abuja.

He was  kidnapped at a hotel in Kano by about five abductors on July 23,2024.

However, one of the  abductors together with the victim were intercepted by a team of police operatives attached to the Sabon Gari police formation in Zaria on their way to Abuja.

A statement issued on Thursday July 25 , by the  Spokesperson for the Kaduna State Police Command, Mansir Hassan. ASP. said that the curiosity of the Operatives who were on a routine patrol, were aroused by the suspicious sitting arrangements of the occupants of the vehicle in which the abductors were conveying their victim.

The swift action of the Operatives led to the rescue of the victim and subsequent arrest of one of the suspected abductors.

“Preliminary inquiry indicates that the suspects arrived in Kano from Maiduguri to kidnap the victim, a resident of FCT Abuja, who had come to Kano for a business endeavour.

“Equally, the suspects had since contacted the victim’s close associates and demanded a large sum of money as ransom before the police intervened.

“The rescued victim and the arrested suspect will soon be handed over to the Kano State Police Command where the kidnapping occurred.

“The Commissioner of Police, Kaduna State Command CP, A D Ali, lauded the Police Officers vigilant efforts and warned criminals to stay away from Kaduna State  due to the Police Command’s uncompromising security measures”, the statement partly reads.