Police Search For Igala Prince, Politicians Kidnapped From Abuja Hotel

Men of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command have launched a search for criminals who kidnapped an Igala Prince and some hotel guests including some politicians at Tungan Maje community of the Federal Capital.

The FCT Police Spokesperson,  Mariam Yusuf told PRNigeria that the police are on the trail of the gunmen.

“Immediately, we received the information, the Command launched a manhunt of special squad to apprehend the gunmen and free the victims.”

PRNigeria gathered that suspected gunmen early Thursday morning stormed Tungan Maje, a community along Zuba-Gwagwalada highway in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and abducted the owner of the hotel and guests that included some politicians.

A security source said “What we have gathered so far is that the gunmen allegedly abducted the owner of Hilltop Hotel, an Igala Prince known as Frederick Adejoh and a former legislator in Kogi State, Friday Sani Makama alongside unspecified number of guests.

“The armed men shot sporadically into the air to scare aware the security men on guard, before kidnapping the hotel owner and guests.”

The police search for the Igala prince and other guests and politicians kidnapped from his hotel follows the success recently obtained against kidnappers in the national capital.

GreenWhiteGreen GWG reports that recently the Command’s Anti Kidnapping Squad arrested members of Tungan-Maje kidnapping gangs and recovered huge ransom payments.

The gang members belonged to a notorious syndicate involved in major abductions along Bwari-Byzahin, Kuje-Kwali axis and Niger State.

Other suspects were arrested for threatening residents of Tunga-Maje to pay ‘ransom’ to avoid being kidnapped.

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