The Kaduna State Police Command has advised the media against creating unnecessary panic in reporting unverified stories of kidnappings and other crimes in the state.
The command gave the advice in a statement issued by its Public Relation Officer, DSP Yakubu Sabo in Kaduna.
The police was reacting to a media report in which 13 people were allegedly kidnapped along Abuja-Kaduna highway.
It noted with concerns, what it terms as deliberate misrepresentation including inaccurate figures of the victims and location of incident in the alleged media reports.
According to the statement, operatives of the command’s anti-kidnapping and SARS units have been on the track of the kidnappers with a view to rescue the five victims and arrest the perpetrators.
The command added that it was disturbed by the incident and was doing everything possible to end such attacks.
