8 kidnapped victims rescued, suspects arrested in Plateau

by Rachel Ogbu

JTF~YNaija

Special Task Force (SPF) has rescued eight kidnapped victims in Jos on Saturday, new reports say.

During a raid of a hotel in Jos North by a combined team of STF patrol comprising soldiers and policemen of victims who were kept awaiting ransom for their rescue were freed.

According to reports, STF Media Officer, Capt. Salisu Mustapha, in a statement in Jos on Saturday, said the hotel was raided based on intelligence report.

“Based on intelligence reports in the early hours of Saturday by the STF Anti-kidnapping Squad carried out an operation at Chiwarana Hotel at Zinaria Layout of  Jos North Local Government Area and rescued the victims who were kidnapped by a group of criminals,” he said.

“Preliminary investigations showed that the victims were kidnapped at various locations of the metropolis and locked up in one of the hotel rooms

“The suspected kidnappers had contacted the families of the victims and requested them to pay various sums of money as ransom”.

The leader of the kidnappers as well as the hotel manager were also arrested and are currently undergoing investigations.

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