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Security operatives comprising Nigeria Police Force, NPF, the Department of State Services, DSS, and the Military, have rescued at least seven kidnapped persons in Kaduna State.
The FCT Police spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, stressing that operatives dislodged a criminal camp in a high-risk, cross-border security raid in Ushafa area, Bwari Area Council of Abuja.
According to her, 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,” the statement read.
