{"id":2919,"date":"2025-03-23T18:46:34","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T18:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/?p=2919"},"modified":"2025-03-23T18:46:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T18:46:34","slug":"fct-police-military-rescue-kidnapped-naval-officertwo-other-hostagesarrest-four-suspects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/2025\/03\/23\/fct-police-military-rescue-kidnapped-naval-officertwo-other-hostagesarrest-four-suspects\/","title":{"rendered":"FCT Police, Military Rescue Kidnapped Naval Officer,Two Other Hostages,Arrest four Suspects"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">By Our Reporter<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Disturbed by the recent abduction of a Naval officer and two civilians by kidnappers in Abuja at the weekend, the FCT Police Command, in collaboration with the military, has successfully rescued the\u00a0 kidnapped Naval officer, along with two civilians, who were abducted by armed criminals in Mpape, Abuja,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">FCT\u00a0 Command Spokesperson SP Josephine Adeh disclosed this to journalists in Abuja on Sunday in a statement.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to the statement, at approximately 7:35 PM on the said date, heavily armed assailants attacked the Maman Vatsa Estate gate, blocked Mpape Road, and opened fire on moving vehicles before abducting the three victims. Shortly after the attack, the kidnappers contacted the victims\u2019 families, demanding a ransom of \u20a6500 million for the naval officer and \u20a6200 million each for the two civilians.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Upon receiving the distress report, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operations), FCT Police Command, DCP Isyaku Sharu, in collaboration with military authorities, mobilized a joint operation led by the Police Command\u2019s Anti-Kidnapping Unit and comprising of personnel of the Nigerian military DSS hunters, and members of the local Hunters\u2019 Group.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">An intense search-and-rescue operation was conducted across Mpape, Gidan Bawa, Anguwan Mu\u2019azu, and Yelwa Hills, covering areas in the FCT and Nasarawa State.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Acting 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\u2019azu and Yelwa Hills, Nasarawa State, where four (4) suspects were arrested, and the victims were rescued unharmed. Additionally, the sum of \u20a63.2 million, suspected to be ransom money from previous kidnapping operations, was recovered from the suspects.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The victims are currently in stable condition and are receiving medical attention at the Nigerian Army Clinic.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0Meanwhile, efforts are ongoing to track and apprehend the remaining suspects currently at large. Security deployments has also been reinforced in Mpape and surrounding areas to prevent future occurrences. As members of the public are advised to go about their daily activities without any apprehension.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The FCT Police Command urges residents to remain vigilant and report any suspicious activities to the Police via the following emergency numbers: 08032003913, 08028940883, 07057337653<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Complaint Response Unit: 08107314192.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Our Reporter Disturbed by the recent abduction of a Naval officer and two civilians by kidnappers in Abuja at the weekend, the FCT Police Command, in collaboration with the military, has successfully rescued the\u00a0 kidnapped Naval officer, along with two civilians, who were abducted by armed criminals in Mpape, Abuja, FCT\u00a0 Command Spokesperson SP [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[1567,1856,1859,1857,1858],"class_list":["post-2919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-law-crime","tag-criminals","tag-kidnappers-abduction","tag-ncy","tag-operations-emerge","tag-vigilant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2919"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2920,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2919\/revisions\/2920"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}