{"id":213000,"date":"2022-08-27T16:44:56","date_gmt":"2022-08-27T15:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=213000"},"modified":"2022-08-27T16:44:56","modified_gmt":"2022-08-27T15:44:56","slug":"bandits-kidnap-senior-police-intelligence-officers-on-abuja-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/08\/27\/bandits-kidnap-senior-police-intelligence-officers-on-abuja-highway\/","title":{"rendered":"Bandits kidnap senior police intelligence officers on Abuja highway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two senior police intelligence officers, Superintendent Francis Yisa and Assistant Superintendent John Kefaswho, have been abducted by bandits while travelling along the highway between Abuja and Kogi during the week.<\/p>\n<p>According to Peoples Gazette, sources said the officers were on a critical investigation assignment to Kogi when they were kidnspped by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/08\/20\/three-dead-many-injured-as-bandits-attack-eight-villages-in-kebbi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bandits<\/a> on August 23, but the police leadership hushed the crisis to avoid another public agitation over the country\u2019s insecurity.<\/p>\n<p>A senior police chief said officers are now worried about the lives of their colleagues, adding that Inspector-General Usman Baba Alkali did not seem to appreciate the urgency of the matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe IGP is only concerned about the matter getting to the public,\u201d a police chief said under anonymity to avoid administrative backlash for unauthorised disclosure to reporters. \u201cWe cannot wait until something worse happens to colleagues before exposing this dangerous situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another officer familiar with the police\u2019s management of the situation said that the assailants had reached out with a demand for ransom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bandits are demanding N30 million,\u201d the officer said under assurances that their identity won\u2019t be disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/08\/20\/gunmen-kill-police-officers-at-checkpoint-in-plateau\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">officers<\/a>, who were said to have been on a reconnaissance mission in Kogi, where violent insurgents have claimed responsibility for killings and abductions in recent weeks. At least two four bomb explosions have occurred in the state since June.<\/p>\n<p>The aforementioned publication reported that a spokesman for the police did not immediately answer calls to his line.<\/p>\n<p>The development comes less than a month after 10 police officers were abducted in Kogi. They were on their way back to Nasarawa from an election assignment in Osun when the bandits struck on the highway, leaving them stranded for hours until they were rescued.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two senior police intelligence officers, Superintendent Francis Yisa and Assistant Superintendent John Kefaswho, have been abducted by bandits while travelling along the highway between Abuja and Kogi during the week. 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