Kidnappers have killed a housewife, Mrs Esther Adesiyan, who was kidnapped alongside her husband, son and two others in Chikakore community in the Kubwa area of the Federal Capital Territory.
Mrs Adesiyan’s body was reportedly recovered in a bush near Itagbajii community in Niger state on Monday night, January 27, 2025.
The deceased, her husband, Mr Akinropo Adesiyan, their son, Ifeoluwa, and a family member, Dr Rauf Adekunle Adeniji, were abducted from their home alongside a neighbour working in a poultry farm near the house at about 11.30 p.m. on Sunday, January 26.
The wife of the poultry worker was reportedly injured and later taken to the Kubwa General Hospital for treatment.
Speaking on how the corpse was recovered, Mr Oluwafemi Adepoju, a co-worker and ally of the husband to the deceased said the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Byazhin Police Station in Kubwa summoned him at about 8.30 in the morning.
“When I got to Byazhin Police station this morning, the DPO, Officer Michael Adah, told me we were going to Niger state for me to identify a recovered dead body,” he said.
“A team of Police and Vigilante group who narrated how the corpse was recovered said they had a gun shot at about 9 p.m. on Monday around Itagbajii village, while patrolling.
“The victim was shot in the left side of her chest and have bruises all over her body,” Adepoju, a staff member of National Assembly Commission said.
Adepoju said the security team explained that the victim could have been shot dead by the abductors, because she was tired and unable to continue with the tedious and strenuous journey in the bush.
He said, after identifying the body, they returned to Abuja with the corpse which was deposited at the Kubwa General Hospital.
When contacted the FCT command’s spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, she said the command was yet to be briefed on the recovery of the body of the victim.
The PPRO confirmed the abduction in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja, adding that the command had commenced a comprehensive search and rescue operation aimed at securing the safe recovery of the abducted victims and apprehending the perpetrators of this criminal act.
“The FCT Police Command calls on residents of the Chikakore community and the general public to remain calm and vigilant. Any useful information that could assist the investigation and rescue efforts should be promptly reported to the police,” she said.
