Governor Bello Mohammed (Matawallen Maradun, Shattiman Sakkwato) today received at the Government House, five kidnapped girls who were earlier rescued from bandits.
They were presented to the Governor by the Assitant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 10, Bello Sani Deljan, along with the State Commissioner of Police, Kolo Yusuf.
The 5 girls were in captivity for the past seven months. The combined efforts of the Police and other security operatives,supported by the State Security Council, saw to the final rescue of the girls, all of them in their secondary school ages.
Governor Bello Mohammed commended the doggedness of the security men and urged them to put more efforts in ending the problem of banditry in the state.
He said that intelligence report has indicated that the girls were betrayed to the bandits by informants who were likely members of their families or very close to their families.
He called on citizens in the state to courageously fight informants by reporting suspects to the authorities without fear. “Without informants, the bandits will be strongly incapacitated and will quickly be defeated”, the Governor noted.
The Governor, then, directed that the girls be taken to the Hospital and proper medical check done on them for the next few days before they are re-united with their respective families.This was contain in a press release signed by
Zailani Bappa
Special Adviser
Public Enlightenment, Media and Communications.
