Gunmen have abducted a Nigerian Navy officer attached to the Defence Headquarters, Lt. Cynthia Akor, along with two others in Abuja.
The victims were kidnapped from their residence in the Mpape area of the Federal Capital Territory on Friday night.
A source, who spoke on condition of anonymity for security reasons, confirmed the development on Saturday. The source, who resides in the same area as the victims, stated that the kidnappers had contacted the families of the hostages, demanding a ransom of N100 million for their release.
“Among the three people kidnapped on Friday night in the Mpape area is a DHQ official, Akor. The kidnappers have already reached out to their families and are demanding N100m ransom,” the source said.
Efforts to reach the Director of Defense Media Operations, Maj. Gen. Markus Kangye, and the Director of Defense Information, Brig. Gen. Tukur Gusau, for comments were unsuccessful as they had yet to respond to messages at the time of filing this report.
When contacted, the spokesperson for the Federal Capital Territory Police Command, Josephine Adeh, stated that she would verify the incident and provide further details.
“I will confirm and get back to you shortly,” she simply stated.
As of the time of filing this report, no further updates had been provided by the authorities.
