Police rescue five abductees in Abuja

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command's agents have freed five abductees from two distinct kidnapping groups in Abuja.

A joint squad from the FCT Special Intervention Squad and the FCT Police Anti-Kidnapping Unit successfully freed the five victims.

The development was revealed on Monday at a press conference held at the Command Headquarters with crime reporters by SP Josephine Adeh, the Public Relations Officer for the FCT Police.

Adeh said, “I am honoured to give you an update on the rescue of abducted victims by the command.

“On January 27, at about 11:30pm, a distress call was received at the Iddo Division that sounds of gunshots were heard around Sabon Lugbe axis. A police patrol team was drafted to the scene where one Blessing Eze, female, was met with a bullet wound on her shoulder inside a Toyota Corolla with RSH 724 KC, black in colour.

“Blessing explained that she and her husband, Joshua Eze, were returning home when some hoodlums in an unknown vehicle double-crossed them, fired at their vehicle and abducted her husband to an unknown destination.

“In response, the IGP-Special Intervention Squad and the Police Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the command and other tactical sections swung into action, and the victim (Eze) was rescued unhurt at the Kuje Forest on January 28, at about 06:20 pm.