Kidnappers have attacked a police station and abducted a nursing mother in Adamawa state on Sunday.
The police said the bandits attacked Nguroje Police station in Yola South Local Government Area of the state and abducted a woman infant.
The spokesperson of the Adamawa police command, DSP Sulaiman Nguroje, said the criminal gang attacked the station at about 2 am on Sunday, but no casualty was recorded.
“The criminals separated into two groups; one attacked the Police station to divert the attention of security operatives, while other group attacked Alhaji Umaru’s house and kidnapped his wife, Hauwa Umaru, and her daughter.
“The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Mohammed Barde, has ordered the deployment of operational asset including Police Mobile Force (PMF), Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU), Crack Squad and Anti-Kidnapping units to Ngurore,” he said.
Nguroje explained that the operational units were expected to carry out confidence-boosting patrols within the hotspots in coordinated operations to rescue the kidnapped victims and apprehend the criminals.
He said the Head of the Police Intervention Team, SP Babagana Abubakar, was already on ground to coordinate Police investigative operation and rescue response.
