News reaching ViewPointNigeria suggests that the anti-robbery and kidnap squad of the Special Task Force (STF) in Plateau state have rescued seven persons hitherto kidnapped by orgnaised gangs in Jos.

The report indicates that concerned members of the public got wind of the kidnappers activities and tipped-off the STF, leading to their arrest of the gang. 

A statement by STF’s spokesperson, Captain Salisu Mustapha, revealed that the security agents carried out a raid at a hotel located in Zinaria layout of Jos north local government area, where the kidnappers were apprehended with their victims locked up in one of the hotel rooms.

News reaching ViewPointNigeria suggests that the anti-robbery and kidnap squad of the Special Task Force (STF) in Plateau state have rescued seven persons hitherto kidnapped by orgnaised gangs in Jos.

The report indicates that concerned members of the public got wind of the kidnappers activities and tipped-off the STF, leading to their arrest of the gang. 

A statement by STF’s spokesperson, Captain Salisu Mustapha, revealed that the security agents carried out a raid at a hotel located in Zinaria layout of Jos north local government area, where the kidnappers were apprehended with their victims locked up in one of the hotel rooms.

He stated that the suspects had earlier contacted families of the victims and requested various sums of money as ransom.

It is thought that the victims were kidnapped at various locations in Jos of metropolis and kept bound and locked up in the hotel where the kidnappers use as their operations base.

The press release by Captain Mustapha adds that the leader, members of the gang and the hotel manager have been arrested and were assisting police with their investigations.

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STF rescue kidnap victims from hotel in Jos