The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has confirmed the rescue of six out of 10 persons abducted last week by gunmen at Pegi and Dafara community in Kuje Area Council.
\nThe Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Anjuguri Manzah said in a statement in Abuja that a joint operation comprising other security agencies had been set up to ensure that all the kidnapped victims are set free.
\nManzah said the security agencies were working assiduously to rescue the victims, calling on the residents to be calm and support the ongoing operation with useful information to the police.
\n\u201cThe police are reassuring the public that it will not relent on its effort until the activities of these hoodlums and other crimes are permanently checked.
\n\u201cFurther steps are also being made to engage relevant stakeholders in various communities as part of renewed effort to check this crime,\u201d the statement read in part.
\nThe Chief of Pegi community, Mr Irimiah Sarki, also told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Kuje that the victims were freed by their abductors after families of the victims paid over N6 million ransom.
\nSarki said the families of the victims paid different amounts as ransom based on negotiations with the kidnappers.
\nThe chief, however, said some victims were molested over failure of their family members to meet the ransom demanded.
\n\u201cSix people so far have been released by the kidnappers and the victims have reported to my palace.
\n\u201cSome paid N3 million, N2 million, N1 million and some N800,000 depending on the negotiations with the kidnappers.
\n\u201cOne of them, an Okada rider, whose family could not pay any ransom, was seriously beaten and injured by the kidnappers,\u201d he said.
\nAccording to him, four other victims are still in the custody of their abductors, including a Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) officer with his two children.
\nOn his part, Mr Isaac Taiwo, the Chairman of Pegi Community Development Association, attributed the security challenges to bad roads and dilapidated infrastructure in the area.
\n\u201cThey always take advantage of the bad roads linking the community to attack innocent residents, especially civil servants while returning from work.
\n\u201cThe lack of infrastructure in Pegi is responsible for the insecurity and the absence of social and economic development in the community.
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