DAILY NIGERIAN
The Police Command in Plateau says it has rescued the Divisional Police Officer, DPO of Pankshin, SP Nwapi Augustus, who was abducted by gunmen.
The command spokesman, Alfred Alabo, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Jos.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that gunmen had, on January 11, abducted the DPO and whisked him to an unknown destination.
Mr Alabo, a deputy superintendent of police, said that following the police officer’s kidnap at about 8.30 p.m. on January 11, the command, in collaboration with other security agencies and hunters in the area, swung into action and eventually freed him from his captors.
”The officer has been taken to the hospital for medical examination and treatment, and will soon be reunited with his family,” he said…
