Police rescue 6 kidnapped teenage girls in Katsina
The police in Katsina State has rescued six kidnapped teenage girls in Batsari Local Government Area of the state.
In a statement signed by its Spokesman, SP Gambo Isah, in Katsina on Thursday, the police said the victims were kidnapped while working in a farm at Mata-Mulki village of Batsari LGA.
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Isah said that the police received a distress call at about 12.30 p.m. that unrepentant bandits armed with AK47 rifles kidnapped some girls working in a farm at Mata-Mulki village.
The police spokesman further said that the Operation Puff Adder led by DPO Batsari swiftly moved to the area.
“The team gave the hoodlums a hot chase into the forest and engaged them into a gun duel.
“The bandits abandoned the victims and ran into the forest, the police successfully rescued the six teenage girls,” he said.
