A Lieutenant Colonel of the Nigerian Army, N.B. Ahmed, has been kidnapped in an ambush on a military convoy by gunmen suspected to be terrorists.
According to SaharaReporters, the senior military officer was abducted along Tsafe (Zamfara)/Funtua (Katsina) road on Friday, January 6.
The abducted officer is the new commanding officer of the 8 Division of the Nigerian Army, Sokoto.
The newspaper quotes source as saying that “Our new boss who resumed on Friday was attacked while being escorted to Kano. He was taken away by the gunmen.”
A military signal that was silent about other people in the convoy, also confirmed the incident.
It read, “TEXT: SP SITREP ON KIDNAPPED OF SNR OFFR. LT COL NB AHMED (N/12022). A/N SNR OFFR WAS KIDNAPED ALONG TSAFE/FUNTUA RD ON 06 JAN 23 AT ABOUT 2000HRS WHILE TRAVELING TO KANO FOR WEEKEND. THE SNR OFFR JUST TAKES OVER COMD OF 8 BOD AS A CO ON THE SAME DATE. THIS IS FOR YOUR INFO AND NEC ACTION. PSE ACCEPT FOR ACTION AND ACK///.”
This comes a few days after a female Lieutenant, P. P. Johnson was abducted by unknown gunmen in Imo State.
A trending video in December 2022 showed the female officer being tortured by gunmen after she was abducted while visiting her grandmother in Aku-Okigwe community.
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