The police have announced the rescue of its top officer kidnapped by gunmen in Kaduna on Saturday.
While the kidnappers made contact with the relatives of the victim demanding N50 million ransom, the police said the victim was rescued by its officers.
The police in a statement via its official Twitter handle late Sunday evening said its rescued Mr Rabo “unhurt 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.
The statement also revealed that two suspects were arrested.
“Two male suspects have been arrested in connection with the incident. Investigation into the incident is ongoing,” the police said.
Following Mr Rabo’s abduction, critics of the police berated the force for lack of power to secure its senior officers amidst security challenges in Nigeria.
Many Nigerians wondered why an Assistant Commissioner of Police expected to secure civilians was easily kidnapped.
Reacting to this in its statement, the police said Mr Rabo was “positionally unlucky.”
“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!”
The police however did not speak on the fate of Mr Rabo’s driver and whether he was also rescued.
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