Unknown gunmen abduct army colonel in Kaduna in commando-style operation

UNIDENTIFIED gunmen have kidnapped Nigerian Army officer Col Samaila Inusa along a highway in Kaduna State in what eyewitnesses are describing a commando-style operation likely carried out by professionals.

 

Witnesses say the gunmen suspected to be kidnappers whisked away the officer who was driving his Mercedes-Benz car around Kamazo, along Kaduna Refinery Road, in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. He was with his wife, who the kidnappers later dropped off as they drove the soldier away to an unknown location.

 

Colonel Abdul Usman, the deputy director of public relations at the First Mechanised Division of the Nigerian Army in Kaduna, said: “The abductors dropped off Colonel Inusa’s wife and left with him in his car and the car headed towards Abuja. This is to inform the general public that a senior officer of the Nigerian Army, Colonel Samaila Inusa serving in Nigerian Army School of Infantry Jaji Kaduna was abducted around Kamazo near the NNPC Junction, Kaduna.

 

“Anybody with useful information or assistance should please assist in tracking these abductors. They are in a Mercedes Benz GLK black colour with registration number Abuja, KUJ 154 TZ."

 

He added that the following numbers should be rung by anyone with information - 08033865572, 08030489203, 08023445961, 07038025282 or 08058130703. Major General Adeniyi Oyebade, the general officer commanding the First Mechanized Division has promised a N500,000 (£17,500) cash reward for anyone with useful information that could lead to the release of Col Inusa.