Mrs Dandaura Victoria Apollos, the kidnapped wife of the Head, Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad (CG’SSIS), DCC Appollos Dandaura, has been rescued.
She was kidnapped at her residence in Gidi-Gidi, around Cattle market, Lafia, Nasarawa State on Wednesday, 2nd November, 2022 at about 7pm in the evening by unknown gunmen who stormed her residence, shot sporadically in the air before whisking her away forcefully at gunpoint.
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However, the spokesman of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), DCC Olusola Odumosu, said she was rescued at about 9:20pm on Friday, 4th November 2022, in Lafia, Nassarawa State.
“She was rescued unhurt after a successful joint operation by a combined tactical component comprising of the Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad (CG’S SIS), NSCDC Counter Terrorism Operatives (CTU) and NSCDC Special Female Squad (SFS) in collaboration with the Nigerian Army (NA), Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigeria Police Force (NPF),” Odumosu said in a statement on Friday night.
He said DCC Appollos Dandaura’s younger brother, ASC1 Ezekiel Dandaura Samu, personnel of the Corps serving in Nasarawa State Command who sustained gunshot injuries in the cause of the attack is still receiving treatment in a hospital facility and is in stable condition.
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