The Kaduna State Police Command on Tuesday declared a State of Emergency to stem rising cases of kidnapping in the state. The command’s spokesman, DSP Zubairu Abubakar, said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna, that a special team of anti kidnap squad has been formed to track and dislodge the criminal gangs. He said the declaration of the state of emergency was on the orders of the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase.
NAN reports that several people in towns and villages have been kidnapped for ransom by criminals in the last three months across the 23 Local Government Areas of the State. In some of the recent high profile kidnap cases, a Colonel in the Nigerian Army, Samaila Inusa was reportedly killed by his abductors hours after he was held on March 25.