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The Nigerian Army said troops of 401 Special Forces Brigade have successfully rescued eight kidnapped passengers in Benue State. Captain Abdullahi Lawal Osabo, acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 401 Special Forces Brigade, in a statement pasted on army’s Instagram page on Friday evening said the operation was conducted, following credible intelligence on an incident
Troops rescue eight kidnapped victims in Benue

The Nigerian Army said troops of 401 Special Forces Brigade have successfully rescued eight kidnapped passengers in Benue State.

Captain Abdullahi Lawal Osabo, acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 401 Special Forces Brigade, in a statement pasted on army’s Instagram page on Friday evening said

the operation was conducted, following credible intelligence on an incident of kidnapping along Zaki Biam-Tine Nune Road in Ukum LGA.

According to the statement: “Troops swiftly mobilized to the scene and rescued a Hiace Bus, belonging to Taraba Express International with Reg No KLD – 543XA, travelling from Onitsha to Jalingo with 10 passengers, including the driver.

“On arrival at the scene, weary that troops were closing in on them, the criminal elements absconded with two passengers, while 8 others were rescued successfully.”

Troops are combing the general area to ensure the other two passengers are rescued.

“The eight rescued victims are in good condition as efforts are ongoing to hand them over to the relevant authority, ” the statement added.

Troops rescue eight kidnapped victims in Benue

The Federal Government, through the Nigerian Geological Survey Agency, NGSA, has allayed the fears in Abuja residents over the recent tremor experience in Mpape, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. This is contained in a statement by the Director-General of the Agency, Prof Olusegun Ige, on Wednesday in Abuja. Ige said the NGSA
Nigerian Govt allays fear over Abuja tremor

The Federal Government, through the Nigerian Geological Survey Agency, NGSA, has allayed the fears in Abuja residents over the recent tremor experience in Mpape, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.

This is contained in a statement by the Director-General of the Agency, Prof Olusegun Ige, on Wednesday in Abuja.

Ige said the NGSA is monitoring the tremors, adding that they found the tremors to be low and did not pose any threat to the environment.

According to him, the Monitoring Station at Katampe has been capturing several significant ground motions with high moment magnitudes in the past five days, beginning from September 13, 2024, till date.

He added that only one mild event was recorded on September 13th, stressing that six of the events were captured on the 14th of September, while over 21 events were captured on the 15th with higher intensities and more than twenty events were recorded on the September 16.

The statement read, “The intensity and frequency of the tremor appear to increase from the 13th to 16th September. There are a few weak events recorded today, 17th September.

“Preliminary analysis of the waveforms showed that the sources of the ground motions are less than 5 km away from the monitoring station.

“The NGSA team also visited the affected areas for on-the-spot assessments of the events. From the accounts of the residents of the affected areas, the observations by the NGSA team, and findings from earlier interpretations of the airborne geophysical data over the area and adjoining areas, the following conclusions were made: The tremors are a result of accumulated stress along the identified faults and released seismic energy, which may have travelled through associated fractures to areas where the tremors were felt around the FCT.

“There are multiple epicentres associated with the recent tremor. Most of the epicentres are located northeast of the NGSA-5 Seismic Station around the Mpape axis, while a few are located southwest of the Station around the Katampe axis.”

Nigerian Govt allays fear over Abuja tremor

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