One NSCDC officer dies as Police rescue 10 kidnap victims in Abuja

The Police Command in Abuja said it has rescued 10 persons abducted by gangsters in Darka village in Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.

The victims’ names are given as Fanus Emmanuel, Babangida Emmanuel, Akimmi Dauda, Japheth Kwasu, Dorcas Shuaibu, Kemuche IK, Hamza Yunusa, Umar Godiri, Ismaila Yusuf and Abubakar Gomo.

The Command’s spokesman, Anjugurin Manzah, who stated this in a statement, noted that eight of the victims were rescued on November 19, while the remaining two were rescued on November 20 in Toto and Karu in Nasarawa State.

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According to Mr. Manzah, the rescue was made possible by a joint operation by the Police Mobile Force, Operatives of the command’s Special Anti-Kidnapping Squad, State Security Service (SSS), Nigerian Army, and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).

He added that their stronghold was destroyed during the operation, and that an operative of the NSCDC, Anumudu Uche, took ill and died during the operation.

According to him, the assailants were experts in raiding remote villages at night and robbing the villagers of cash and other valuables as well as kidnapping.
By Ebere Ndukwu …

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