The Anti-kidnapping outfit of the FCT Police Command has commenced investigation and rescue effort into the abduction of a 52-year-old Turkish national, Erdogan Guler, by unknown gunmen on Wednesday night.
Sources disclosed that the gunmen trailed the Turkish national and one other person who was in the company of the Turkish national to an estate in Kubwa, off the Expressway and abducted them at gunpoint at about 7 pm.
A source said three unknown gunmen in a Toyota Prado SUV, carried out the abduction of his Turkish national and the person with him at his (Guler’s) premises at Leaner Estate, Brickcity, Kubwa.”
The source noted that the abductors could be working with an informant privy to Guler’s whereabouts.
The incident was later reported to the Police at the Byazhin Division Police Station Abuja.
“However, the anti-kidnapping arm of the SCID is investigating the incident and efforts are being made by the police to rescue the victims and arrest the hoodlums,” the source added.
A senior Police officer told Vanguard that operatives have been deployed to Kubwa to work in conjunction with policemen under the Area Command.
The senior officer pointed out that efforts are not only to rescue the kidnapped victims but also to unravel those behind the criminal act and arrest them.