BREAKING: Police Rescue Bwari Kidnap Victims Inside Kaduna Forest

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command says it has rescued a family kidnapped in the Bwari area of Abuja on the 2nd of January.

A statement issued on Sunday by FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, said the victims have been reunited with their families.

The police said the rescue operation was carried out by the recently created Special Intervention Squad in collaboration with the Nigerian Army.

The statement quoted the FCT Police Commissioner Haruna Garba, as saying

“Following the relentless advancement of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command Anti-Kidnapping squad in a concerted effort with troops of the Nigerian Army, on the heels of the kidnappers that struck the Zuma 1 area in the Bwari Area Council on the 2nd of January 2024, the FCT Police has rescued the victims and reunited them with their families.

“The operatives successfully rescued the victims around Kajuru forest in Kaduna state at about 11:30 pm on Saturday 20th January 2024.

“While appreciating the Inspector General of Police IGP Olukayode Egbetokun, for the deployment of the newly commissioned Special Intervention Squad, which has given an uplift to the existing security architecture of the FCT and has brewed public confidence, the Commissioner of Police FCT Command CP Haruna G. Garba wishes to reiterate the Command’s commitment to sustaining the robust security deployment made in the area and other parts of the Territory for the utmost maintenance of peace for all and sundry.”

Recall that the bandits had killed one of the sisters to force the family to raise the N60 million ransom they demanded.

Subsequently, Nigerians on social media began to crowdfund the ransom, with former minister of communications and digital economy, Ibrahim Pantami raising N50 million for the family.