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By Donatus Okpe, Segun
Omolehin and Segun Thomas
THE deployment of modern
technology for tracking
locations of phone calls has
proved to be a dependable
device for rescuing victims
of kidnapping.
Consequently, Hajia Laruba
Abdullahi the chairperson of
Fosla Hotel, Idah and mother
of the former Chairman of
Nigeria Football Federation
(NFF), Alhaji Sani Lulu
Abdullahi was a beneficiary
of the device, which was
said to have been acquired
by one of the security
agencies in the country.
The chairman of Lagos State
Council of the Nigeria Union
of Journalists (NUJ), Mr.
Wahab Oba and four others
also benefitted from the
device.
Kogi State Commissioner of
Police Abdullahi Magaji who
spoke to The Graphic in an
exclusive interview after he
called a press conference on
the success of the rescue
mission, testified that the
machine was also used by the
police.
He said the tracker was able
to monitor the kidnappers of
the woman to a place in
Ubolo Afor, a boarder town
in Enugu State.
Recently, it was reported
that some telecommunication
providers and security
agencies had acquired the
machine to aid
security-related matters.
The Kogi State Commissioner
of police pointed out that
the device helped the
command in moving very close
to the exact location where
the woman was held.
Having located the actual
spot, the police, he
explained made the entire
environment unfriendly to
discourage those who might
be providing cover and
information for the
kidnappers.
Magaji explained that the
octogenarian mother of the
former NFF Chairman, was
abandoned in a location in
Ubolo Afor when the heat on
them was unbearable.
He vowed to still get the
suspected culprits arrested,
adding that even though the
woman was not maltreated,
she was poorly fed
throughout the period they
held her hostage.
The Graphic team of
reporters who was at the
State Police Command, saw
the woman in high spirit
with her oldest son who
declined to make any
comment.
It would be recalled that
Hajia Laruba was abducted by
gun men on Monday 14 July,
2010 at the entrance of her
residence in Idah. The
bandits reportedly took her
round for nearly 24 hours
ostensibly looking for a
suitable location to
negotiate ransom, until she
was rescued in Ubolo Afor on
19 July, 2010.
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