A Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), Modestus Ojiebe, has been abducted along the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway near the Dei-Dei Police Barracks in Abuja.
Sources confirm that Ojiebe, who is attached to the Kwara State Police Command, was attacked while trying to fix his broken-down vehicle. According to counter-insurgency expert Zagazola Makama, an ash-colored Mercedes-Benz with four armed occupants stopped behind him during the incident.
“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,” Makama reported.
Following the abduction, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Dawaki Division deployed a patrol team, while stop-and-search operations have been intensified at various entry and exit points of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to locate the officer and apprehend the kidnappers.
Multiple security sources have confirmed the incident but declined to provide further details. Meanwhile, attempts to reach the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, Josephine Adeh, have been unsuccessful.
