Bandits
Abducted Kaduna Judge regains freedom, three children still held
Kidnappers have freed a judge of Kaduna State Upper Customary Court, Janet Gimba, on Thursday.
The judge was abducted along with her four children, three of whom are still in the custody of the abductors.
According to her husband, Musa Gimba, who confirmed the judge’s release, the woman was released without her three children.
The bandits are said to be demanding N150 million ransom within three days as they threatened to kill them if the money is not given to them.
The female judge was kidnapped along with her four children on June 24, 2024, at their residence in the Mahuta area of Chikun Local Government Area in the outskirts of Kaduna metropolis
The Kaduna State Police Command, Mansir Hassan, said the assailants later killed the woman’s 14-year-old eldest son Victor Gimba.
Police operatives found his corpse at the Sabon Tasha Division, Ungwan Bayero of Dutse village near the toll gate, on the Kaduna- Abuja highway on Tuesday, July 2nd.
The police spokesman said the Command is working with other security agencies to rescue the victims and also apprehend the bandits.
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