Kidnapped Col: Army Offers N1 Million Reward

Nigeria's Chief of Army Staff

The Nigeria Army has promised a million naira reward for anyone with useful information that could lead to the rescue of Colonel Samaila Inusa who was kidnapped at the weekend in Kaduna.

It also promised to give adequate protection to anyone who provided the information, adding that such tip-off would be treated with utmost confidentiality.

Col. Inusa, was whisked away in his Mercedes-Benz car by gunmen around Kamazo, along Kaduna Refinery Road, in Chikun local government area of Kaduna State.

As part of efforts to successfully rescue the senior officer, the spokesperson for the First Division of the Nigerian Army, Usman Abdul, a colonel, announced the cash-for-information offer to journalists on Monday morning.

The Army had earlier promised a N500,000 cash reward for information, but on Monday raised the cash reward to N1million.

Mr. Abdul had said in a statement on Sunday that the senior officer was abducted on Saturday night.

According to the statement, “the abductors dropped off Colonel Inusa’s wife and left with him in his car. The car headed towards Abuja.”

The kidnapped senior military officer, until the incident, was serving in Nigerian Army School of Infantry Jaji Kaduna was abducted around Kamazo near NNPC junction, Kaduna.

The statement reads in part that, “Anybody with useful information or assistance should please assist in tracking these abductors.”

“They are in a Mercedes-Benz GLK Black colour with registration number Abuja, KUJ 154 TZ. This happened at about 7:30 pm on Saturday 26 March 2016.

The military authority released the following numbers on which it could be contacted:

a. 08033865572
b. 08030489203
c. 08023445961
d. 07038025282
e. 08058130703