The Police Command in Nasarawa State has rescued Isaac Igbawua, a lecturer at the Department of MicroBiology, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, from his abductors.
This is contained in a statement, signed by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Ramhan Nansel, on Friday, in Lafia.
Nansel narrated that the Command, on Wednesday (December 27), received information that gunmen invaded the residence of the lecturer at Old Barracks, Kokona LGA of Nasarawa State, at 4:14 a.m. and took him to an unknown destination.
Nansel recounted: “Reacting to the unpleasant development, Umar Nadada, the Commissioner of Police in the State, ordered an immediate and intensive manhunt for the abductors.
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“The search paid off on Thursday (December 28), at 4:30 p.m., when information was received that some strange people wearing face masks were sighted in a forest at Ogba Village, Nasarawa-Eggon LGA.
“Our personnel, in collaboration with a vigilante group, mobilised to the scene and, on sighting the team, the hoodlums opened fire but were gallantly repelled.
“The victim was rescued unhurt and reunited with his family after undergoing a medical examination at the Police Clinic, Lafia”.
In another development, the Command has arrested a suspected notorious criminal and second year student of the Federal University of Lafia.
Nansel added in the statement that the police searched the student’s residence and found one locally-fabricated Beretta pistol, four live ammunition and charms.
