Categories: Nigeria News

BREAKING: Heroic DSS personnel, Tosin Daramola kidnapped

An operative of the Department of State Services (DSS), Tosin Daramola, has escaped abduction at gunpoint after he intentionally rammed his car into a culvert, leading to the death of a kidnapper and arrest of the other.

It was gathered that the heroic DSS operative was attacked at gunpoint on Tuesday, December 29, by two kidnappers who forced their way into his vehicle and forcefully rerouted him from Dutse Alhaji junction to Zuba in the FCT capital.

One of the two abductors with a knife had it on the officers neck while the other was armed with a gun.

Whilst on motion, Daramola who had his seat belt on bravely rammed his car into a culvert, leading to the death of the criminal welding knife, while the other with a gun momentarily lost consciousness was apprehended by the police.

The impact made the vehicle to roll over several times and finally coming to a halt with its tires facing the sky and the officer surviving with minor injuries.

This incident underscores the growing insecurity in the area especially at this period where criminals are getting bolder, targeting victims to be abducted for ransom irrespective of social status.

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