The Bauchi State Police Command has promised to rescue a 25-year-old pregnant woman, Rahila Dau, who was kidnapped on Saturday, July 18, 2022, by yet-to-be-identified gunmen who stormed her home in Gibob, a Fulani settlement in Gizaki village of Lusa Ward, Bogoro Local Government Area of the state.
The police launched a manhunt for the kidnappers in order to arrest them and bring them to justice.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil, stated this to journalists in the state on Friday.
He said that the Commissioner of Police in the state, Umar Sanda, had directed the Divisional Police Officer, Bogoro Division, to “do everything possible to rescue the victim alive.”
Speaking on the incident, Mr Wakil said that the case was reported at the Bogoro Divisional Headquarters, and added that police personnel led by the DPO, visited the scene and recovered five empty shells of bullets fired by the kidnappers whose number he said could not be ascertained.
The Command’s Spokesman assured that “police personnel are on top of the situation in ensuring that the victim is rescued unhurt . The police have since launched an investigation into the unfortunate incident with a view to rescue Rahila Dau and apprehend the kidnappers.”
It was gathered from a source that the village is far away into the bush as it is situated at the border between Bauchi and Plateau states while accessing it is very difficult due to the terrain coupled with the fact that it is now the rainy season.
The source, who pleased anonymity, told our correspondent that, “the gunmen who were wielding AK-47 riffles, machetes and other dangerous weapons, invaded the settlement shooting sporadically within the family compound of a Fulani man, Alhaji Da’u Bello, aged about 70 years, and abducted his daughter, Rahila Da’u, aged about 25 years.”
According to the source, the kidnappers inflicted varying degrees of injuries on the victims and a fracture on the left leg of Alhaji Bello before they took away his daughter.
“Alhaji Bello Dau was taken to the hospital for treatment and was later referred to an orthopedic hospital in Kano State for special attention considering the level of the fracture which was a serious one and must be attended to by specialists.
“The abductors have been able to establish contact with members of the family and opened a line of negotiation by making a demand for ransom, leaving the family in total confusion considering her pregnancy while the father is critically ill at the hospital,” he added.
Punch/Adebukola Aluko
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