Final year student of the University of Abuja, Halima Sagir Mahmud, who was declared missing by her family, has been found.
According to her elder sister, Amina, Halima, 21, an electrical engineering student at the university, was abandoned along Abuja’s AYA axis by her abductors on Wednesday at around 7:34 pm.
Newslodge had earlier reported that Halima was declared missing by her family shortly after she left the UniAbuja main campus along Airport Road on Tuesday.
The incident occurred less than 24 hours after the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, assured that the FCT Administration is taking steps to address security challenges affecting some sections of the territory.
How was she kidnapped
Speaking to Newslodge on Wednesday night, Amina said her sister was apparently kidnapped by her kidnappers in front of the university gate and diverted to another location.
He also said that Halima narrated that her kidnappers were trying to force her to swallow some things (a diabolical mixture), but after discovering that it was not happening, they decided to throw her away.
“Also when they picked her up, they turned right towards Zuba (a settlement in the FCT), but now she said she was not going to Zuba, she was going to Giri. She hit her mouth with something and she couldn’t speak again.
“They took her scarf, her shoes, her phone and her Abaya. “AYA threw her where there was a bad place,” Amina narrated.
The older sister said Halima was seen and picked up by a passerby whose phone was used to call her parents to pick her up.
“We have reported the incident at the SSS office in Asokoro, and we will go to the police station tomorrow to give a statement since they asked us to come back,” Amina said.
Recently, there has been an increase in insecurity in communities in the FCT and other parts of the country, particularly in the North.
Newslodge had reported on the increasing cases of kidnappings and murders in the communities of the country.
In Abuja, the rise in kidnappings and killings of residents by bandits, especially in Kuje and Bwari Area Councils, has caused many residents to flee their homes in search of safety.
Acknowledging the challenges, the FCT minister on Tuesday urged residents not to panic as the government has taken steps to address the unpleasant situation.