…’We are investigating’ – Police
The failure of security operatives to intercept the abduction of about 17 residents of Abuja almost 24 hours after a victim shared location details of movement on-line has led to an outrage on social media platforms.
Many expressed their disappointment that the kidnappers have been moving across the country unchallenged and without emergency response to rescue the victims.
One of the abducted victims, Ameerah Sufyan, who described herself as a psychotherapist, announced her abduction around 1pm yesterday by men she claimed were in police uniforms.
In her tweet, she said the kidnappers at gunpoint picked victims including three pregnant women from different parts of Abuja before departing the city.
Having managed to still have her phone, Sufyan shared her location details with all her contacts on WhatsApp, in hope of getting help. The few who were able to track her movement traced her to Jema’a, Kaduna, and somewhere in Jos, Plateau State.
According to a Twitter user, Ameerah is a 300-level student of Guidance and Counselling at Ahmadu Bello University, (ABU), Zaria.
The situation is being viewed as another failure of the Nigerian security apparatus that could develop into another hopeless case.
This comes several weeks after some of the victims of the Abuja-Kaduna-bound train attack remain in the captivity of kidnappers, with little effort from the government to rescue them.
When newsmen contacted the Police authorities in the FCT, an official who didn’t want to be named, said the Police have already begun an investigation to find the location of the lady.
