The six-year-old daughter of a lecturer at the University of Jos, Joanna Drengkat, has narrated how policemen rescued her after being abducted by gunmen.

The gunmen had killed her father, Nendi, of the Faculty of Education, UNIJOS, when they invaded their home at the Senior Staff Quarter in Jos on Friday, May 15th, 2020.

Joanna told Punch at the police command headquarters in Jos on Sunday, May 17th, 2020 after her rescue that the abductors took her to the top of a hill and abandoned her before police operatives rescued her.

Joanna said,

There were four persons who came to our house. When they shot my father, they asked me to follow them and one of them was dragging me along, because they were moving very fast and we ended up in the bush on top of a hill. They told me that they would not release me if my people did not give them money.

While they were talking, we started hearing gunshots. At that point, the kidnappers abandoned me and ran away, and the police came and rescued me.

The Plateau State Commissioner of Police, Edward Egbuka, told journalists that one of the kidnappers, identified as Ali Mohammed, was apprehended during the rescue operation, while an AK-47 rifle with breach number, 1984/AP 0240 and 29 rounds of live ammunition were recovered from him.

The police commissioner, who paraded the suspect, stated that another kidnapped victim, Chiboze Joseph, was also rescued unhurt, while other bandits fled with gunshot injuries.

He added that a manhunt for the fleeing suspects would continue, while soliciting useful information from members of the public to aid the arrest of the fleeing suspects.

Justin Nwosu

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