kidnappers of six Assistant Superintendents of Police in Katsina State have demanded N100 million ransom for their release.
The abducted ASPs, attached to the Mobile Police Squadron 6, Maiduguri, were among the nine who were just promoted to their current rank.
The victims were demobilised from the riot unit and eight of them were on their way to the Zamfara State Police Command on transfer when they were ambushed in the Dogondaji area of Katsina State and taken into the forest.
While being led away, two of them escaped and one of them was shot in the leg but survived.
He made his way to a nearby village where residents took him to a police station and he was taken to a hospital.
The other six officers are being held by the abductors who are demanding N100 million for their release.
The families of the victim are attempting to raise N500,000 each to secure their release.
