Gunmen have abducted a Nigerian Army personnel, identified as Abdulfatai Odutola.
Military source said that Odutola, a Senior Non Commissioned Officer (SNCO) was abducted last Saturday along Abuja/Jos highway.
He was said to be on transit to Yola, Adamawa State Capital.
The source revealed that the kidnappers are asking for N20million ransom for the release of the Master Warrant Officer.
A military internal memo also confirmed the incident.
It read, “PLS INFORMATION REACHING ME NOW FROM THIS SLDR WHISKY THAT MWO ABDULFATAI ODUTOLA( CC 23 BDE YOLA ) WAS KIDNAPPED YESTERDAY ALONG ABUJA -JOS ROAD, WHILE RETURNING BACK TO YOLA. HE LEFT ILORIN ON FRIDAY 14th OF FEB 2025 AND SLEPT AT ABUJA. HE CONTINUE HIS MOVEMENT FROM ABUJA YESTERDAY B4 THE INCIDENT HAPPENED TO HIM.
“CURRENTLY THEY ARE DEMANDING FOR N20,000,0000 FOR HIS RELEASE. Pse appropriate authority should help the sldr.”
It was reported on Saturday also that the Boko Haram/Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists killed three army personnel following an attack on a military base in Borno State.
It was gathered that the terrorists for several hours last Sunday attacked the military facility in Isige town, Gwoza Local Government Area of the state.
A source had said that the terror group razed many buildings and took away two gun trucks during the attack.
It was withholding the names of the army personnel killed as their families are yet to be informed.
“There was an attack recently in Borno, one Staff Sergeant with two private soldiers were killed. However, the army authorities are silent over the attack which happened at a base in Isige Town, Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State.
“They burnt one military vehicle while they went away with two gun trucks, later reforcement came from nearby unit but then the Boko Haram fighters have left.”
This is coming a few weeks after the terror group launched a brutal attack on the military’s Forward Operating Base in the Damboa Local Government Area of same Borno State, killing a yet-to-be confirmed number of soldiers, with many still missing.
“25 Taskforce Bde was attacked during the weekend with so many casualties, so far we have recovered over seven bodies,” a source said.