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The Nigeria Police Force have given a graphic details of how they successfully rescued Nine abducted Police Officers from bandits in Katsina State.

BIGPENNGR.COM reports the officer was seized while on an officer assignment on the 8th November, 2020 between Kankara town and Sheme in Katsina State.

They were travelling in a night commercial bus when heavily armed men, all dressed in Military Camouflage, but suspected to be bandits attacked their vehicle, official said Friday.

The officers, all Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASPs), were on their way to Gusau in Zamfara State from Maiduguri at the time of the incident.

Two of the officers are currently receiving medical attention in a hospital, while the remaining seven are being debriefed.

ALSO READ: Police Rescue Abducted ACP, Nab Suspected Captors

Force Public Relation Officer, Frank Mba, who gave details of the incident, said that the officers were rescued through a “covert operation”.

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He said that the operation to locate and rescue the officers commenced immediately they were discovered missing en-route to their destination.

According to him, “the apparent delay in commenting on the unfortunate incident was a deliberate decision aimed at protecting the integrity and confidentiality of the rescue operation and the concomitant safety of the officers”.

“It is also important to state that preliminary investigation has shown that the attack on the vehicle was an opportunistic crime as the officers were all traveling in mufti, unarmed and alongside other private citizens in the commercial vehicle”.

He said that the total number of officers involved in the incident is nine (9) and not twelve (12) as previously, wrongly reported in some sections of the media.

Mba, however, that a follow-up investigation into the incident is still ongoing.

Meanwhile, the Inspector General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, reassured Nigerians that the Force is working assiduously to ensure an improved safety and tactical presence of police personnel on our highways as the yuletide approaches.

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