…two male suspects arrested.
Musa Rabo an assistant commissioner of police abducted over the weekend has been rescued. According to a terse statement by the police, he was rescued on 20th October 2019 unhurt.
The police went on to say that; “The officer was successfully rescued this evening by a combined team of Police operatives from Kaduna, Niger and Zone 7 Command Headquarters Abuja, backed-up by members of the elite Special Forces of the NPF.”
Announcing that two male suspects were arrested too, the police pointed out that his kidnap had nothing to do with his work as a police officer, the police said he was simply at the wrong place at the wrong time.
“Two male suspects have been arrested in connection with the incident. Investigation into the incident is ongoing.
‘The officer was travelling in his civil dress, with his private vehicle and without escort or any special security at the time of the incident.
“He was not targeted as a cop. It was purely an opportunistic crime, indiscriminately and maliciously targeted at citizens using that particular road.
“He was, perhaps, positionally unlucky at the time of the incident!”
