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Nigerian Correctional Service Confirms Abduction Of Prisons Assistant Controller In Niger State
2024-04-27
[SAHARAREPORTERS] The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) has confirmed the abduction of an Assistant Controller, Abdulraman Ibrahim Gelele in Niger State.

Gelele, who was attached to the Niger State command of the service, was reportedly kidnapped along Minna-Ilorin Road on April 17, 2024.

It was learnt that the abductors made initial contact with both his family and the NCS command in Minna but later cut off communications.

In a statement on Friday, the NCS Comptroller in Niger State, Mohammed Isa confirmed that Gelele was kidnapped.

The statement issued by the spokesperson for the command, Rabiu Mohammed Shuaibu, stated, "On behalf of the officers and men of the command, we solicit your prayers for his safe release and freedom from captivity please."
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