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The Digest:

Panic has spread through the civil service after six senior directors from the Federal Ministry of Defence were kidnapped by gunmen along the Kaba-Lokoja highway. According to the Association of Senior Civil Servants, the officials were travelling from Lagos to Abuja for a promotion examination when they were ambushed in a well-coordinated attack.

Key Points:
  • Six female directors of the Defence Ministry were kidnapped on Monday.
  • They were ambushed while travelling from Lagos to Abuja for an exam.
  • The victims are staff of Command Day Secondary School, Ojo, Lagos.
  • The ASCSN condemned the attack and called for decentralized exams.
  • The union has long warned against compelling travel on unsafe roads.
  • Defence Ministry security teams are leading rescue efforts in Kogi.
  • The incident highlights grave security risks facing public servants.
This brazen abduction of senior government officials underscores the collapsing security on major highways and the urgent need to protect those serving the nation.

Rooted in the Storm.

Sources: Vanguard