Police Begin Search For Abducted Victims, Comb Forests 

Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command have continued to comb bushes and shanties in border areas between the FCT, Niger, Kaduna, and Nasarawa States, in a bid to rescue the remaining 23 victims that were abducted by bandits in the Bwari area of Abuja on January 3.

The FCT Commissioner of Police, Haruna Garba, has deployed tactical teams to rescue the abductees and arrest the bandits.

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A source revealed that those kidnapped during the attacks were about 23.

He added that contrary to social media reports, the attack was carried out on one family, while noting that the family of Mansoor Al-Kadriyar whose daughter was killed on Friday, isolated themselves, and are negotiating with the bandits on their terms.

The source revealed, “Police operatives from various tactical units have been combing the bushes and shanties in Bwari and other border areas between the FCT and Niger, Kaduna, and Nasarawa states to rescue the victims and apprehend the bandits. Since the incident happened, the CP had deployed operatives on a rescue mission, but the police had been careful not to jeopardise our efforts by revealing details because the bandits are everywhere – they’re on social media, and they read the news.

“Contrary to what is being said on social, it wasn’t only that family that was kidnapped. About 23 persons were kidnapped during the attack while two police officers were shot and a civilian was killed, as reported in the news last week. However, the issue of this family became severe because they isolated themselves and were negotiating with the bandits, and took everything to social media. Maybe that action emboldened the bandits to demand more and also killed some of the victims. Nabeeha wasn’t the only one that was killed, three other persons were also killed by the bandits, unfortunately.”

Sherifdeen Al-Kadriyar, an uncle to one of the murder victims, Nabeeha Al-Kadriyarof whose killing went viral on social media, on Sunday revealed that the kidnappers have threatened to kill the deceased’s siblings and cousin who are still in their captivity if a ransom of ₦100million is not paid by Wednesday.

This is as Nigerians have taken to the X platform (formerly Twitter) to raise ransom for the release of the abducted girls.

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