Anumudu Uche, an official of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), lost his life during an operation to rescue 10 persons kidnapped by a gang of hoodlums in the Kuje area of the federal capital territory (FCT).
Anjugurin Manzah, spokesman of the FCT police command, disclosed this in a statement, saying the deceased took ill before his death.
He listed the freed captives as Fanus Emmanuel, Babangida Emmanuel, Akimmi Dauda, Japheth Kwasu, Dorcas Shuaibu, Kemuche IK, Hamza Yunusa, Umar Godiri, Ismaila Yusuf and Abubakar Gomo.
Manzah said they were all rescued in Nasarawa state, revealing that while eight regained freedom on Saturday, the remaining two were rescued on Sunday.
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He commended mobile force officers, who took part in the mission, operatives of the command’s special anti-kidnapping squad, Department of State Services (DSS), Nigerian Army and the NSCDC.
Manzah said the stronghold of the assailants, who specialised in raiding remote villages at night and robbing villagers of cash and other valuables, was destroyed during the operation.
He said Muhammadu Mustafa, FCT commissioner of police, had reassured residents and affected villages of the command’s massive deployment to forestall a recurrence.
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