Gunmen kidnap Navy officer, 2 others in Abuja

A Nigerian Navy officer attached to the Defence Headquarters, Lt. Cynthia Akor, has been kidnapped alongside two others in Abuja.

The abduction took place on Friday night at their residence in Mpape, a community within the Federal Capital Territory.

A source familiar with the incident, who requested anonymity for security reasons, confirmed the development on Saturday.

“Among the three people that were 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 disclosed.

Efforts to reach the Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj. Gen. Markus Kangye, and the Director of Defence Information, Brig. Gen. Tukur Gusau, for comments were unsuccessful as of the time of filing this report.

When contacted, the spokesperson for the Federal Capital Territory Police Command, Josephine Adeh, stated, “I will confirm and get back to you shortly.” However, she had not provided further details at the time of publication.