Police operatives, in collaboration with local vigilantes, have successfully stormed kidnappers’ hideouts in Angara and Fadaman Bauna villages of the Lafia East Development Area in the Lafia Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.
The operation resulted in the arrest of six accused kidnappers and the rescue of three victims—two women and one man.
Ramhan Nansel, the state’s Police Public Relations Officer, revealed this in a statement released to journalists on Friday in Lafia, the capital of Nasarawa State.
According to him, the victims were retrieved unharmed, treated quickly, and reunited with their families.
He said, “This operation followed a complaint lodged on January 7, 2026, reporting that suspected kidnappers invaded Angara village and abducted two females, leaving behind an infant, and later kidnapped another male in the same village.
“Acting on this information, the Commissioner of Police, Nasarawa State Command, CP Shetima Jauro Mohammed, immediately ordered a manhunt for the perpetrators, which culminated in the successful arrest of the suspects and the rescue of the victims.”
Nansel went on to say that the suspects had confessed to the crime and had been sent to the State Criminal Investigation Department on the Commissioner of Police’s orders for a thorough investigation and prosecution.
He went on to say that the Commissioner of Police assures the good people of Nasarawa State that the command will continue to combat all forms of criminality throughout the state.
