Officers from the Combined Joint Task Force and other Security agencies in Katsina, foiled a kidnap attempt along the Danmusa–Mara Dangeza village road in Danmusa LGA. The team, while on patrol, were engaged in a fierce gun battle with a group of armed bandits attempting to flee with kidnapped victims.

According to the force Public Relations Officer, ACP Muyiwa Adejobi, the operatives successfully overpowered the criminals, forcing them to flee with gunshot injuries and successfully rescued 11 victims unhurt. In Delta State, Police operatives attached to the CP-Special Assignment Team acting on credible intelligence, arrested one Abubakar Hassan (30), a key suspect in a cross-state kidnapping syndicate operating within Delta, Rivers, Imo, and Enugu States.

During interrogation, he confessed to leading operations along Ughelli-Ozoro axis and led police operatives to his hideout in a forest in Ozoro, where two AK-47 rifles, four magazines, and thirty-two rounds of live ammunition were recovered. The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has commended the bravery and professionalism of the officers involved in these operations, and urged all Commands to sustain the momentum in the fight against all sorts of violent crimes.