Police officers in Kaduna State have rescued three people who were kidnapped by bandits in the Ikara Local Government Area of the state.

The officers also recovered firearms and ammunitions as well as vehicles and motorcycles used by the bandits for their operations.

In a statement by the spokesman for the Kaduna State Police Command, DSP MOHAMMED JALIGE, said one of the rescued victims, YUSUF ABDULLAHI from Kano State was kidnapped on September 4th at Barde village in Kaduna State, after which the abductors demanded the sum of fifty-million-naira ransom.

The victim was later rescued by a police patrol team on September 9th, along Ikara- TashanYari Road after the police officers intercepted bandits in a motorcycle conveying the three persons.