By Pius Awunah
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command says it is not aware of the alleged kidnap of a primary school teacher, Mr. Ishaya Ismaila, whose incident went viral recently as nobody has reported the case to the command.
The Command’s spokesperson,SP Josephine Adeh, told our reporter over the phone that “we are not aware of the incident as it has not been incidented in any of our divisions or area commands”.
She promised to speak on the matter as soon as it was reported to the the police.
This contradicts the wife of the victim,Mrs.Halima Ishaya and the Head Teacher of the school where the victim teaches,Malam Zakari Dantani,both of whom said the incident was reported to security agencies.
It would be recalled that one Abdullahi Garba of Tungan Maje village in the Gwagwalada area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) who witnessed the abduction of the victim, said the incident happened while the primary school teacher was harvesting his maize around 5:28 pm, last Thursday,October 16,2025.
He said the kidnappers, wielding sophisticated weapons, emerged from the bush and whisked him away.
In the process, the victim screamed,attracting the attention of another farmer, who sighted the kidnappers.
The farmer who sighted the incident rushed to the village to report the incident.
“The teacher was busy harvesting maize when the kidnappers, wielding AK-47 rifles, suddenly emerged and whisked him away.
“It was when they were leading him out of the farm that he screamed, which attracted the attention of another farmer who sighted the kidnappers and escaped back home to report,” he said.
Garba added that the victim teaches at the Local Education Authority (LEA) Dakwa 1 in Bwari Area Council but resides in Tungan Maje with his family.
Meanwhile, the wife of the victim,Mrs. Halima Ishaya has cried out,saying the entire family was thrown into confusion and depression following her husband’s abduction.
Speaking with journalists through the telephone last Saturday, she narrated how her husband went to the farm on his bike to harvest maize when she later received a distress call that he had been kidnapped.
“I was at home when I received a call from the head teacher of the school in Dakwa that my husband has been abducted at the farm,” she said.
According to her, upon receiving the call, she alerted some neighbours who helped her reach out to the vigilante in neighbouring Anagada village.
She said the vigilante immediately mobilised to the farm but were unlucky as the kidnappers had already left with her husband,leaving behind his motorcycle and a bag of maize he had harvested.
“That same night, we reported to the police before they joined the vigilante to the farm and took pictures of the motorcycle and bag of maize and left, but up till now, we have not heard anything from the police again,” she said.
Mrs. Ishaya disclosed that the family was frantically sourcing money to raise the N1 million ransom being demanded by the kidnappers before her husband would be released.
“So far, only N185,000 has been raised, and the family is in confusion as we do not even know where to start.
“Hence, we are calling on good Samaritans to come to our aid,” she said amid tears.
The Head Teacher of the LEA Primary School, Dakwa 1, Malam Zakari Dantani, where the victim teaches, confirmed the abduction of the teacher.
He said he received a distress call on Thursday night about the abduction, adding that he immediately alerted the Kubwa branch chairman of the Nigeria Union Teachers (NUT) and some of their colleagues in the school.
He said that the incident had been reported to security operatives and that contact had been established with the abductors, who are demanding N1 million ransom.
