The Kaduna State Government has said that only five people are kidnapped during Sunday’s attack on commuters along Abuja-Kaduna highway.
The Commissioner, Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, who made the disclosure in a statement issued on Monday in Kaduna, said that the figure was disclosed to government officials by relations of the kidnapped victims, adding that the government had forwarded the information to the relevant security agencies.
According to him, only two people were killed during the attack contrary to earlier media reports that claimed that scores were killed. “As at this moment, the Doka General Hospital, Military, Police and Federal Road Safety Corps have separately confirmed that two persons lost their lives, contrary to the reports being circulated which claimed that almost a score were killed”, he stated.
The commissioner recalled that nine people were rescued on Sunday by troops from the kidnappers, saying in spite of Sunday’s setback, the State government would continue to support and encourage security operatives on the frontlines as they worked to protect citizens and their right to live and travel in peace.
