By Mashe Umaru Gwamna
Security operatives have successfully rescued seven kidnapped persons in Kaduna forest.
The operatives included; Nigeria Police Force, NPF, the Department of State Services, DSS, and the Military.
A statement issued on Sunday by the FCT Police spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, stressed that the operatives dislodged a criminal camp in a high-risk, cross-border security raid in Ushafa area, Bwari Area Council of Abuja.
She said, the Command received a distress report on December 5, indicating that armed men had invaded a community in Ushafa and abducted several residents.
She added that in a swift reaction, a combined team comprising operatives of the FCT Anti-Kidnapping Unit, the Nigerian Army, and the Department of State Services, DSS, mobilized to the area on 6th December 2025 to begin a coordinated search operation.
“Following a distress call received by the Police on December 5, 2025, reporting that heavily armed kidnappers had invaded a community in Ushafa, Abuja, and whisked away several residents under the cover of darkness, a joint security task force made up of operatives from the FCT Anti-Kidnapping Unit, the Nigerian Army and the Department of State Services (DSS) swung into action on December 6, launching a coordinated manhunt for the abductors”.
