The National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has handed over two rescued kidnap victims to the Kaduna State Government, affirming that no ransom was paid for their release.
Ribadu, who was represented by the National Coordinator of the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), Major General Adamu Laka, presented the women Khadijah Shehu Magaji and Fatimah Shehu Magaji, both married to the same husband after they regained freedom following more than a month in captivity.
General Laka disclosed that one of the victims, Khadijah, gave birth to a baby girl, Hafsat, while being held in the kidnappers’ den.
He said the women were abducted on August 18, 2025, in Makarfi town, Kaduna State, and taken deep into Yadi Forest in the Kidanda area of Giwa Local Government.
The NCTC Coordinator explained that the rescue on September 19, 2025, underscored the effectiveness of non-kinetic security strategies and the importance of collaboration between security agencies and the Kaduna State Government.
On other security operations, General Laka announced the arrest of two notorious armed robbery suspects identified as Ibrahim Mohammed (aka Alaye) and Adamu Mon’d.
According to him, the suspects have been linked to several violent crimes, including kidnapping, armed robbery, and car snatching at gunpoint within Abuja.
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