NSCDC rescues 18-yr-old housewife from den of kidnappers

A housewife identified as Mrs. Fatima Muhammed, 18, and another victim Hafsat Adamu, 15 have both been rescued by men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) from the den of kidnapper’s.

According to Mr. Mamud Gidado-Fari, the state commandant of the NSCDC, the victims who were allegedly abducted by a yet-to-be-identified criminal were rescued at Line Supper Cinema in the Lafia Local Government Area of the state.

The state commandant said the NSCDC swung into action after one Ibrahim Nasir reported to the command that his wife had been kidnapped and later found her at the kidnapper’s den, where she had been locked up.

“We forced our way into the room and found the woman alongside a 15-year-old girl, Hasat Adamu,” he said.

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Gidado-Fari also informed that the motive of the kidnapper was yet to be determined; “The nature of the case is what we are trying to investigate because as it is, we don’t know whether the motive of the abductor was ransom or for ritual. The suspect is at large, but by the time we get him, we shall investigate his motive.”

However, Fatima denied being kidnapped by her host whom she said was her old boyfriend while also stating that she had been having issues with her husband.

“I was with my sick mother from morning till evening and when it was time for me to go home I decided to see my old boyfriend at the Tudun kwari area of Lafia Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, because I didn’t have money for transport.

“I had to stay till the following day because it was late and before I knew what was happening, I saw NSCDC (operatives) breaking into my boyfriend’s room and that was how I was arrested.”

“I am a married woman, but I left my matrimonial home because I have been having quarrels with my husband ever since we got married. My husband had told me not to go anywhere there is crisis and there was never a day I disobeyed him,” Fatima said.

 

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