By Kamsi Anayo
The operatives of Plateau Place Command in Plateau have rescued the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Pankshin, SP Nwapi Augustus, who was abducted by gunmen on January 11.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Alfred Alabo, confirmed the rescue of the police officer in a statement on Sunday in Jos.
Alabo said that following the 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.
The PPRO said that the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Bartholomew Onyeka, had deployed a tactical team toward ensuring that the perpetrators were arrested and brought to book.
The DPO who had just been posted to the was staying in the hotel when the gun men shot their way into his room and abducted him.
