The Kaduna State government has reacted to a purported abduction of 13 commuters on the notorious Kaduna-Abuja high way.
The alleged crime was said to have been committed on September 23 on the high way.
However, in its reaction, the Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, debunked the reports.
In a statement, the government clarified that the kidnapping took place in a village in the state.
The statement read in part: “The attention of the Kaduna State Security Council has been drawn to a story making the rounds on social media, suggesting that armed bandits blocked the Kaduna-Abuja Highway on the 23 September 2019 and kidnapped 13 commuters.
“To set the record straight, there was no report of bandits blocking the Kaduna-Abuja Highway or subsequently kidnapping any commuters on that road. Rather, the crime happened in a village.
“From crime entries and reports from the District Head of Gwagwada, Alhaji Shittu Abdullahi, six (6) persons were kidnapped in the early hours of Monday 23r” September, 2019, at Ungwan Hausawa-Dutse, Dutse village in Chikun LGA. The kidnapped persons are NOT commuters plying the Kaduna-Abuja Road and were not kidnapped on the road.
“The military and the police are working assiduously to locate and secure the release of the kidnapped persons,” the statement said
