A Chief Superintendent Police Officer, Modestus Ojiebe, serving with Kwara State Command has been reportedly kidnapped along the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway in Abuja, Federal Capital Territory. Modestus Ojiebe who is attached to the Kwara State Police Command, was attacked while trying to fix his car which broke down near Dei-Dei Police Barracks in Abuja.
“While attempting to fix the vehicle, an ash-colored Mercedes-Benz with four armed occupants stopped behind him,” a source said.
“The assailants searched and robbed Ojiebe and his wife of their mobile phones and ATM cards. However, upon discovering his police identity card, they forced him into their vehicle and sped off, leaving his wife and their car at the scene.
“Following the incident, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Dawaki Division received a distress call and immediately dispatched a patrol team to the area.
“Stop-and-search operations have been intensified at various entry and exit points of the FCT in an effort to rescue the officer and apprehend the culprits.”
All efforts to reach Police Public Relations Officer in FCT, Josephine Adeh, did not yield results as she refused to pick multiple calls.
Attempt calls made to the Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Victor Olaiya, were not replied to.
The spokeswoman of the Kwara State Command, SP Toun Ejire-Adeyemi, also did not answer several calls.
There have been pockets of kidnap incidents in Abuja in the ongoing battle against insecurity