Unknown Gunmen who abducted six directors of the Federal Ministry of Defence as demanded #150 million as ransom for their release.
The officials were said to have been kidnapped on November 10, 2025, along the Kabba-Lokoja highway in Kogi State while travelling from Lagos to Abuja to participate in a Directorate-level promotion examination.
Sources familiar with the incident described the attack as a carefully planned ambush carried out by armed men who blocked the highway.
A relative of one of the abducted directors expressed deep despair over the ransom demand.
“We are still traumatised by what happened. Now the kidnappers are asking for N150 million to release all six of them. How can we possibly raise such a huge sum? We beg them to free our loved ones unharmed; that is all we can plead for at this point,” the family member said.
The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, ASCSN, in a statement jointly signed by its President, Shehu Mohammed, and Secretary-General, Joshua Apebo, strongly condemned the abduction and assured staff that efforts were actively ongoing to secure the victims’ release.
The union identified the kidnapped officials as Mrs Ngozi Ibeziakor, Mrs C. Emeribe, Mrs Helen Ezeakor, Mrs C. Ladoye, Mrs J. Onwuzurike, and Mrs Catherine Essien, all of whom are senior members of the association and staff of Command Day Secondary School, CDSS, Ojo Lagos.
