Killers Of Police Officer, Lawmaker Arrested, Ribadu Hands Over 2 Females To Family

National information advisor (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, yesterday handed implicit 2 women rescued from kidnappers to their families.

Ribadu besides announced the apprehension of 2 suspected equipped robbers, Ibrahim Mohammed (aka Alaye) and Adamu Mohammed, liable for the sidesplitting of a divisional constabulary serviceman (DPO) successful Gwagwalada and a lawmaker successful Gareywa successful the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.

He said the apprehended robbers besides specialised successful kidnapping and car snatching, with a web dispersed crossed Delta, Kaduna, Kano,  Lagos and Nasarawa states.

The NSA, who was represented by the nationalist coordinator, National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), Maj.-Gen. Adamu Garba Laka, said the rescued victims, Khadijah Shehu Magaji and Fatimah Shehu Magaji, were rescued connected September 19, aft spending 33 harrowing days successful the kidnappers‘ den.

According to the NSA, the rescued victims, who were co-wives, were abducted on  August 18, successful Makarfi Town, Kaduna State, and taken heavy into Yadi Forest, successful the Kidanda country of Giwa section authorities area.

He said: “For 33 harrowing days, these women endured unimaginable hardship successful the hands of their captors.

“While held captive, Khadijah gave commencement to a beauteous babe girl, whom she named Hafsat, nether incredibly hard circumstances.

“The kidnappers initially demanded an outrageous ransom of 500 cardinal naira, aboriginal reducing it to 200 cardinal naira. However, done our non-kinetic approach, anchored connected dialogue, quality gathering, and strategical intervention, we secured their state without the outgo of immoderate ransom.

“Their rescue connected 19 September 2025 demonstrates not lone the effectiveness of non-kinetic strategies but besides the resilience and unity of our information architecture erstwhile we enactment hand-in-hand with partners.”

Ribadu noted that the rescue of the victims has demonstrated the national government‘s unwavering committedness to non-kinetic strategies successful addressing information challenges crossed our nation.

“The beingness of each Nigerian is priceless…Let this infinitesimal punctual america of what we tin execute erstwhile we take dialog implicit violence, strategy implicit chaos, and unity implicit division.

“Together, we volition proceed to beryllium that coercion and equipped banditry volition ne'er decision the tone of our radical oregon the resoluteness of our nation,” Ribadu said.