Officers of the Nasarawa State Police Command have actually saved an abducted former councillor from Cross River, Hon. Anthony Duke Effiom.

Spokesperson of the command, ASP Ramhan Nansel, in a statement on Saturday January 28, said the victim was rescued at Angwan Maigini village after a weapon battle with the kidnappers.

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

“On 25/1/2022 at about 2150hrs, a distress call was gotten that unidentified gunmen blocked the road at Kurmin Shinkafa along Akwanga-Keffi expressway and abducted one Hon. Anthony Duke Effiom, a former councillor in Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River state,” the PPRO mentioned.

“Upon receipt of the information, the Commissioner of Police, CP Adesina Soyemi released Police operatives attached to Garaku Division, all the tactical teams of the Command in combination 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 trailed the abductors to their hideout at Angwan Maigini Village, where a gun battle taken place; succumbing to the exceptional fire power, the hooligans escaped into the forest in different instructions with differing degrees of injuries and the victim was saved unhurt by the Police; a thorough search was conducted at the scene where one AK-47 riffle and one empty magazine were recovered as exhibition,” he included.

The Commissioner Police, CP Adesina Soyemi has praised operatives for a task well done and praised their practical display of gallantry.

He however, warned all criminals to leave Nasarawa State or meet their waterloo.

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