As shared by Twitter user, Paul of Truth

How my friend was almost kidnapped in Abuja.
His cousin came into town from U.S and it was all fun until he went to drop him at the airport around 2am, he boarded around 2:30am back to U.S.
Immediately he hit the road and other cars were also leaving the airport at the same time

The road was completely free and dark, since the FCT minister has decided to keep us in the dark.

The other cars from the airport were with him and it was more of a convoy with people he didn’t know, as he was approaching city gate, he signaled to his intersection which is Towards Area 1, suddenly one of the cars from airport overtook him, and stopped and his lights went off while the second car was directly behind him, basically he was locked in the middle of two cars at 3am in a lonely location.

Immediately he knew something was up and the only option was to climb the high parameters, which he did and they tried to shot his tyre twice and they missed, off he goes at high speed with two cars chasing him.
Approaching area 1 roundabout he didn’t know police were stationed at the same spot vio stays during the day,

Before he realized he saw torchlight flashing and it was too late to step on the brakes, he had to drive with full speed into the ditch.

The two cars chasing him were approaching the spot and didn’t know police men were stationed there too, he immediately came out of his car in confusion and screaming some people are after me pointing to the cars approaching the police spot, before the police men could understand the situation, both cars zoomed off.

In less then 5mins another man was running towards them on foot from up the bridge, screaming he has just been attacked by the same gang, they were all told to station there until visibility was obvious.

Apparently that gang goes to the airport and track people, follow you to town and kidnap you.

Thank God he was smart enough to escape at city gate, if not wahala for dey.

https://twitter.com/iam_paulash/status/1579036657067884544?t=zQLI69PeEgv49E1LhbM2Pw&s=08

When a bird perches on a tree, it perches with caution.

Dangerous times ahead.

Let's tread carefully.

Cool

If you're blind to the happenings in this country, then you should be able to feel the heat.

Let's all be careful

We should be security conscious, be watchful and observant

Hope we can all learn from this

Thank goodness

You go say road no good mak u use flight still you're not safe from kidnappers hand....

Nigerians are very stubborn people. As insecure as the country is he's driving on the streets of Abuja by 2am. Why not arrive at the airport by 6-7pm and chill out in one of the food outlets till it's time for boarding...he's just luck nothing happened to him. If he likes he should try such risk again, he wouldn't be luck to escape


This I have seen.

When you visit Abuja at night. You will know that ordinary street light is a luxury. This is in Capital o

Wonders are happening in Nigeria, just imagine every jack & harry are into kidnapping because it's lucrative.

No where is safe again in this country. If you can help it, do your own part by being security conscious. It's better to sleep inside your car at the airport than the risk he took. He could have lost his life. Other people should learn from this

Nairaland just copy and past news from Instagram. And they are always late on the news. Useless site

Lol

Becky12:
Cool

is everything alright

Chai

He’s a good driver!


God did…

And things may likely get worse......

Terrible times!

But who do we blame for this... The government?

You're able to acquire a car, rather than use it for Uber/Bolt, you decide to use it in tracking and kidnapping innocent citizens.

After they'll say the country is hard.

As for the Nigerian Police... Those ones no get use!

Poorly trained unintelligent miscreants.

If you come from Abroad, money sure for your hand.
That is why they were targeted. Stay safe peeps

Nawa o

Hummmm

You know, sometimes these police checkpoints are helpful.

Hopefully I pray the gang be caught.

The police should be proactive and setup a team that will act as international passengers coming into the country.

They should keep it all flashy and make sure to attract attention.

When the kidnappers follow them, they do the needful.

The police can use a male or a female as undercover.

Becky12:
Cool

Cool as in ?

yad2eidi:
Nairaland just copy and past news from Instagram. And they are always late on the news. Useless site

Better late than never

FalseProphet1:
Nigerians are very stubborn people. As insecure as the country is he's driving on the streets of Abuja by 2am. Why not arrive at the airport by 6-7pm and chill out in one of the food outlets till it's time for boarding...he's just luck nothing happened to him. If he likes he should try such risk again, he wouldn't be luck to escape


This I have seen.

international flight not domestic