Safety Operatives Rescue Kidnapped Naval Officer In Nasarawa Forest 

Operatives of the Nigeria Police Power, FCT command, in collaboration with the navy, DSS personnel and native hunters, have rescued a kidnapped naval officer, Cynthia Akor, together with two civilians, who had been kidnapped by armed criminals in Mpape, Abuja, on March 21, 2025.

That is even because the safety personnel additionally neutralised three suspected armed robbers terrorising the FCT and its environs.

Confirming their rescue, FCT police spokesperson SP Josephine Adeh stated, “At roughly 7:35 pm on the stated abduction date, closely armed assailants attacked the Maman Vatsa Property gate, blocked Mpape Highway, and opened fireplace on transferring automobiles earlier than abducting the three victims.

“Shortly after the assault, the abductors contacted the victims’ households, demanding a ransom of ₦500 million for the naval officer and ₦200 million every for the 2 civilians.”

The police additional famous that “upon receiving the misery report, the deputy commissioner of police (Operations), FCT Police Command, DCP Isyaku Sharu, in collaboration with navy authorities, mobilised a joint operation led by the Police Command’s Anti-Kidnapping Unit and comprising of personnel of the Nigerian navy, DSS personnel and members of the native hunters’ group.

“An intense search-and-rescue operation was carried out throughout Mpape, Gidan Bawa, Anguwan Mu’azu, and Yelwa Hills, masking areas within the FCT and Nasarawa State.

“Appearing on credible intelligence, between 2:00 am and 5:30 am on March 23, 2025, operatives traced the suspects to a Fulani resettlement in Anguwan Mu’azu and Yelwa Hills, Nasarawa State, the place 4 suspects had been arrested, and the victims had been rescued unhurt.

Moreover, the sum of ₦3.2 million, suspected to be ransom cash from earlier kidnapping operations, was recovered from the suspects.”

The police stated the victims are at the moment in steady situation and are receiving medical consideration on the Nigerian Military Clinic.

Talking on the killing of the three armed robbers, the police spokesperson, FCT, SP Adeh, stated they had been killed throughout a midnight operation.

She stated, “The operation started with a misery name put throughout to the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Dei-Dei ‘A’ Division on February 12, 2025, at 11:50 PM, reporting an ongoing violent theft in Filin-Dabo village. Responding swiftly, the DPO alerted the command’s Anti-kidnapping Unit. They coordinated with operatives from the 102 Battalion, Guards Brigade, the Civilian Joint Activity Power, and native vigilante {groups} to mobilise to the scene.

“Upon recognizing the joint safety group, the six-member gang tried to flee into close by bushes, launching an ambush on the operatives. Nonetheless, the safety personnel responded with superior firepower, partaking the criminals in a fierce change.

Regardless of their makes an attempt to flee, the suspects had been subdued. The suspects who sustained numerous levels of bullet wounds had been rushed to Kubwa Normal Hospital the place three of them had been confirmed lifeless by medical medical doctors on responsibility, whereas the opposite three sustained accidents and are at the moment receiving medical consideration.”