Nigeria’s National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, says the Federal Government has rescued over 1,000 victims of kidnapping across the country without paying ransom.
Mallam Ribadu made this known on Monday in Abuja while receiving the 22 rescued students and staff of the Federal University, Gusau, Zamfara state.
He said the successful rescue operations were fruits of the renewed efforts of the present administration to free all those being unlawfully held in captivity.
“We have so far released over a thousand of such victims without noise and in complete respect for their privacy and safety.
“We released people from Zamfara, Sokoto, Kaduna, Katsina, Taraba, Adamawa, and so many other states.
“Thousands, but never said a word and we thank God for that, and maybe that is the reason why we are so far very successful.
“This occasion marks a final juncture in a series of rescues we have undertaken in the last few months to free victims of recent cases of mass abductions that are verified.
“It is making a difference, it is a matter of time and we will see the outcome of the work we are doing,”
“This work is done by our security forces, our armed forces, our police, our intelligence agencies.
“All of us collectively have done this work together and we all are fully participating and this is the outcome of it,” he said.
The NSA said further the government is strengthening law enforcement and implementing other security measures to prevent further abductions.
He added that the government would strengthen physical security across vulnerable communities in the country.
