Six persons have been abducted by unknown gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on the Kaduna-Abuja highway.
Public Relations Officer of the Kaduna Police Command, DSP Yakubu Sabo, confirmed the incident took place on Sunday evening.
The latest incident follows the killing of three suspected kidnappers and the arrest of 26 others by the police on the Kaduna-Abuja and Kaduna Zaria expressway barely 24 hours ago.
Sabo revealed that the hoodlums dressed in military uniform, intercepted a commercial bus around 11:40pm on Sunday near Rijana Village and whisked the six persons away.
According to him, the police managed to free two of the victims from the kidnappers while efforts were ongoing to rescue the others.