{"id":98366,"date":"2022-08-19T19:03:24","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T18:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=98366"},"modified":"2022-08-19T19:03:24","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T18:03:24","slug":"how-we-secured-release-of-69-captives-from-kidnappers-den-bauchi-commissioner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/how-we-secured-release-of-69-captives-from-kidnappers-den-bauchi-commissioner\/","title":{"rendered":"How we secured release of 69 captives from kidnappers\u2019 den \u2014Bauchi Commissioner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs,\u00a0 Abdulrazaq Nuhu Zaki, has disclosed that 69 captives have been released from kidnappers den in various forests across the State.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">He explained, during an interview with reporters on Thursday that the feat was achieved by the combined efforts of security agencies and vigilantes who stormed dens of the bandits.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cThe State Governor Senator Bala Mohammed led the battle himself. He visited the affected areas and commiserated with the people as well as encouraged them to resist the kidnappers.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\u201cSo we mobilised ourselves, security personnel and vigilantes and stormed the forests, fearlessly and confronted the bandits, they fled but our men continued to advance towards them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe council chairmen reported to us that the total number of people abducted by the kidnappers is 69 and all of them were rescued. Many of them were brought and kept in Bauchi by their abductors. We have released them and allowed them to go to their respective homes and families,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe commissioner further said that the governor discussed with his Taraba and Plateau State counterparts in order to collaborate to intensify patrols along the routes followed by the bandits in their borders to frustrate their movements.<\/p>\n<p>Nuhu Zaki who commended the vigilantes, security agencies and the affected communities said that sustained dislodgement of the bandits would bring a big relief to people that have been terrorized by the bandits.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Mohammed had gone round to assess activities of kidnappers and other criminal elements ravaging the state which necessitated a directive to security agencies to go after them.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs,\u00a0 Abdulrazaq Nuhu Zaki, has disclosed that 69 captives have been released from kidnappers den in various forests across the State. 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