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“The good people of FCT are hence encouraged to note the following emergency lines and promptly report suspicious activities; 08032003913, 08061581938, 07057337653, and 08028940883. PCB: 09022222352.”
The rescued members of Al-Kadriyar sisters
PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | JANUARY 21, 2024
It’s good news as the Federal Capital Territory Police Command Anti-Kidnapping Squad working with the Nigerian Army have successfully rescued five out of the six Al-Kadriyar sisters abducted from the Bwari area of Abuja in early January after bloody battles with the bandits.
The police also announced the rescue of victims from Kajuru forest in Kaduna and 4 members of lawyer Oladosu Ariyo family; the wife and three other children, kidnapped in the Dutse area of the capital after a bloody battle with the bandits.
The others, kidnap victims from Zuma 1 area in the Bwari Area Council were rescued from the Kajuru forest in Kaduna State around 11:30 pm on Saturday, January 20, 2024.
Recall that the kidnappers killed Folashade Ariyo, a 13-year-old, who was initially kidnapped with them, just as they killed one of Al-Kadriyar’s daughters, identified as Najeeba; a 400-level student at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
FCT police spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, confirmed the news and commended the efforts of the security operatives involved in the rescue mission.
The statement reads in part: “Following the relentless advancement of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command Anti-Kidnapping squad in a concerted effort with troops of the Nigerian Army, on the heels of the kidnappers that struck the Zuma 1 area in the Bwari Area Council on the 2nd of January 2024, The FCT Police has rescued the victims and reunited them with their families.
“While appreciating the Inspectors General of Police IGP Olukayode Egbetokun Ph.D., NPM , for the deployment of the newly commissioned Special Intervention Squad, which has given an uplift to the existing security architecture of the FCT and has brewed public confidence, the Commissioner of Police FCT Command CP Haruna G. Garba psc , wishes to reiterate the Commands commitment to sustaining the robust security deployment made in the area and other parts of the Territory for the utmost maintenance of peace for all and sundry.
“The good people of FCT are hence encouraged to note the following emergency lines and promptly report suspicious activities; 08032003913, 08061581938, 07057337653, and 08028940883. PCB: 09022222352.”
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Editor’s Titbits: watch the epic battle between Nigerian security operatives and the bandit that led to freedom for the kidnapped.
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