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Insecurity: Gunmen Attack Abuja Tunga-maje Village, Police Rescue Kidnap Victims
Joel Ajayi
Unknown Gunmen on Thursday attacked residents of Tungan Maje village, a community bordering the Federal Capital Territory and Niger State.
The hoodlums according to reports stormed the village shooting sporadically in the air and kidnapped some residents.
The FCT Police in reaction said they however responded to the attack promptly and engaged in a fierce gun duel with the hoodlums.
Confirming the incident, the Abuja police spokesperson, DSP Anjuguri Manzah said, five of the kidnapped victims were rescued by the police.
“The Command wishes to inform the public that when it received a distress call on the kidnap of some persons on 10th September 2020 at about 0130hrs in Tungan Maje, a village bordering FCT and Niger state, a joint team of Police operatives from the Command Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Rapid Response Squad and Zuba Police Division responded swiftly to the occasion.
“During a fierce gun confrontation with the heavily armed hoodlums, the Police team successfully rescued five of the kidnapped victims,” The Command, therefore, reassured members of the public of its commitment to deploy proactive crime-fighting measures to ensure the security of lives and property in the nation’s capital.
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Happy Birthday Our Worthy Boss, FCT’s Acting HOS Adayilo felicitates with Wike
On behalf of the Management and the entire Staff of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), I wish to heartily felicitate with our deserving Boss, the Honourable Minister of FCT, His Excellency, Barrister Nyesom Ezenwo Wike (CON), on this special occasion of your 57th Birthday Anniversary celebration.
Your Excellency Sir, your unwavering commitment, unparalleled doggedness and resilience in the development and transformation of the infrastructural landscape of the nation’s capital city of Abuja is undoubtedly evident within the past one year that you have held sway as the Honourable Minister of FCT.
Sir, let me state unequivocally that the entire Staff of the FCT Administration are immensely grateful to you for prioritizing their welfare, particularly, the recent payment of their National Minimum Wage, with three months’ arrears.
Honourable Minister Sir, on this special day of your life, the entire of the Administration are indeed elated to say that they are pleased to have you as their Minister.
Once congratulations, Sir.
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