Daily Post reports that the Nasarawa State Police Command has actually rescued one Anthony Duke Effiom, a former councillor in Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State who was kidnapped in Akwanga-Keffi on Tuesday.

In a statement provided to DAILY POST on Saturday, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, ASP Ramhan Nansel, said the victim was saved at Angwan Maigini village after a weapon duel with the criminal elements.

He said, operatives, after overpowering the abductors, recovered one (1) AK 47 Riffle with an empty publication.

The declaration said the state’s Commissioner of Police, CP Adesina Soyemi who hailed the officers, cautioned that criminals remaining in the state would quickly meet their Waterloo.

The statement checks out, “On 25/1/2022 at about 2150hrs, a distress call was gotten that, unidentified gunmen obstructed the roadway at Kurmin Shinkafa along Akwanga-Keffi expressway and abducted one Hon. Anthony Duke Effiom, a previous councillor in Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State.

“Upon invoice of the info, the Commissioner of Police, CP Adesina Soyemi released Police operatives connected to Garaku Division, all the tactical teams of the Command in conjunction with operatives of the Inspector General of Police, Intelligence Response Team to go after the Kidnappers.

“Consequently, on 29/1/2022 at about 0100hrs, the operatives tracked the kidnappers to their hideout at Angwan Maigini Village, where a weapon battle taken place; succumbing to the superior firepower, the thugs escaped into the forest in different directions with varying degrees of injuries and the victim was saved unhurt by the Police.

“The Commissioner of Police, CP Adesina Soyemi has actually praised operatives for a task well done and praised their pragmatic display screen of gallantry. He, nevertheless, warned all wrongdoers to run away Nasarawa State or fulfill their waterloo”.

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