Insecurity
Gunmen Kidnap Assistant Controller Of Correctional Facility In Minna
It was gathered that the Gelele was kidnapped along Ilorin – Minna road on the 17th of April 2024.
Minna, Niger State- Gunmen have kidnapped the Assistant Controller of Corrections of the Niger State Correctional Centre, Minna, ACC AbdulRahamam Ibrahim Gelele.
It was gathered that the Gelele was kidnapped along Ilorin – Minna road on the 17th of April 2024.
The Controller of Corrections, Nigerian correctional service, Niger State, Mohammed Hamisu Isa, confirmed the abduction in a statement signed by CSC Rabiu Mohammed Shuaibu, CPRO.
Shuiabu disclosed that the officer was abducted along Ilorin – Minna road when he was coming back from Ilorin on vacation.
The incident has been shrouded in secret with the belief that he will regain his freedom soon but after over a week it has become the talk in the headquarters of the centre.
It also revealed that the kidnappers had so far made contact with family of the victim once and since then, cut off all communications with either his office or the family.
According to the statement, “The Controller of Corrections, Nigerian Correctional Service, Niger State CC Mohammed Hamisu Isa, on behalf of the officers and men of the command solicit your prayers for his safe release and freedom from the captives, please.”
It was gathered the incident was earlier kept secret out of the belief that he would soon regain his freedom, however, after over a week in the custody of his abductors, his abduction has become an open secret even in the headquarters of the facility.
