Niger: Police rescue 17 kidnap victims, handover to Gov. Bago

By Daniel Ebi,  Minna 

The Niger State Police Command has rescued seventeen kidnapped victims and handed over to the State government for onward reintegration to their families. 

The State Commissioner of Police,  Abdullahi Muhammed handed over the victims, mostly women and Children to the State Governor,  Mohammed Umaru Bago at  the command headquarters,  Minna. 

The police  command however,  was silent on how they were rescued  during the handing over ceremony. 

The Police  through  the command spokesperson,  SP Wasiu Abiodun  explained that the seventeen (17) kidnapped victims  were however rescued in Kaduna State.

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He noted that  the victims  were abducted on 3rd March, 2025 at Loto Village, via Kuchi Sarkin-Pawa, Niger State.

The Command public Relations officer,  SP Wasiu Abiodun also did not disclose  if ransom was paid before their release was secured.

The rescued victims were later handed over  to  the  Deputy Governor of Niger State, Yakubu Garba, who represented Governor Mohammed Umar Bago at the solemn and briefly ceremony. 

The Deputy  Governor was accompanied  by top Government functionaries at the State Police Headquarters, Dutsen-Kura Minna.