The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, is currently holding a town hall meeting with residents of Bwari Area Council over the incessant kidnapping and killing in the area.
A former senator who represented FCT, Philip Aduda, the Bwari Council of Chiefs, security agencies, and officials of the area council are also part of the meeting.
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Recall that public outcry had trailed reports of the deaths of Nabeeha Al-Kadriyar, who was kidnapped along with 22 others in the Bwari Area of the FCT, and 13-year-old Folasade Ariyo, who was kidnapped alongside eleven others, among whom were three of her siblings, and their mother at the Sagwari Estate Layout in Dutse-Alhaji Area of Abuja.
Following the killing of Folashade Ariyo and two others, the kidnappers proceeded to demand N700 million in ransom for the rest of the victims after initially demanding N60 million, leading the father of the late Folashade, Mr. Oladosu Ariyo, to solicit help from the Nigerian Bar Association.
The meeting is said to find a lasting solution to the insecurity in the national capital.