The management of the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA) honoured 44 staff members of the Safety Unit of the university, on Friday, for their role in the rescue of staff members of the university and their children who were abducted by gunmen from the Giri Quarters in the early hours of Tuesday, 2nd November, 2021.
The Vice Chancellor, Professor Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah, who celebrated the staff members, said they had done the university proud by working with security forces, including the police, Department of State Security (DSS), military and civil defence, to prevent the gunmen from abducting more staff members as well as ensuring that those abducted were rescued without payment of ransom.
He said: “I am pleased to express the profound appreciation of the university management for your role in the combined effort that resulted in the rescue of our staff and their children abducted by the bandits on Tuesday 2nd November 2021 from the Staff Quarters in Giri.
“You demonstrated exceptional commitment and bravery in the discharge of your duty which led to the timely rescue of our staff and their children from the clutches of the hoodlums. But for your courage the story of the abduction might have been different. It is in recognition of this feat that the management, today decides to honour you all. Indeed, you have given the University community the hope of protection.”
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