Kidnapped Senior Prison Officer by unknown gunmen regains Freedom.
By : Yahaya Zakka Minna.
The Assistant Controller of Corrections ,Niger State Correctional Centre Minna, ACC Abdulrahamam Ibrahim Gegele kidnapped by unknown gunmen along Ilorin- Minna road on April 17 2024 has regained his freedom.
Abdulrahman Gentle regained his freedom on Wednesday morning according to a statement by the correctional center made available to newsmen in Minna.
According to the statement by the Public Relations Officer CSC Rabiu Mohammed Shuaibu, “The officer re united with his family in the early hours of today, Wednesday, 1st May, 2024 after spending almost two weeks in the kidnappers den.”
Shuaibu said the “senior officer,was able to escape in a bold move when the military engaged the bandits in a heavy gun duel at their camp within a forest around Kontagora axis on Sunday, 28th April, 2024.”
It will be recalled that the kidnappers had demanded for a ransom of N25m when they made contact with the family a day after he was kidnapped.on April 17.
The PRO said in the statement that the Controller of Corrections, Nigerian correctional service, Niger State command, Alhaji Mohammed Hamisu “on behalf of the officers and men of the command, thanked the Controller General of Correctional service, Alhaji Haliru Nababa, the Nigerian military, DSS, sister security agencies, Niger State Government, the Media and other well wishers for their efforts, support and prayers for the officer’s safe release”.
