A personnel of the Nigerian Navy and two others have been abducted by gunmen in Abuja have been rescued, police authorities said on Sunday.
The female naval officer attached to the Directorate of Media Operations (DMO), Defence Headquarters (DHQ) were kidnapped from their residence in the Mpape area of the Federal Capital Territory on Friday night.
It was gathered that the abductors had already contacted the families and demanded a whopping sum of ₦100 million as ransom for their immediate release. However, it is unclear if any sum was paid to facilitate their release.
But the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, Josephine Adeh, said the release followed a joint operation led by the Police Command’s Anti-Kidnapping Unit and comprising of personnel of the Nigerian military DSS hunters, and members of the local Hunters’ Group.
