Doctor Loses Wife To Kidnappers After Donating Police Station To His Community In Kaduna

A Kaduna-based medical doctor, Philip Ataga has lost his wife to kidnappers after donating a police station to his community to tackle the very same tragedy he was trying to avoid in his home town in Kaduna State.

On Saturday, Philip Ataga’s wife, Bola was killed by kidnappers a week after she and two of their children were abducted from their residence at Juji, near Sabon Tasha, Chikun local government area of Kaduna.

According to TheCables, the kidnappers had reportedly demanded N150 million ransom but when the family could not meet the request, they killed Bola and subsequently demanded N20 million for the release of her children.

A Facebook user, who spoke to Ataga after the incident, revealed that before the wife’s murder, the doctor had donated a police station to his community to help improve the security situation – after at least three persons were kidnapped in the area late last year.

“The commissioning had the AIG of the zone and the Kaduna State Government officials in attendance, to the delight of the community that has become plagued by constant adoption,” Ogwu said.

According to Ogwu, the police station is “barely 50 meters” from Ataga’s residence. yet, his family was still not protected and could not be saved by the police.

“The other reason why it had to process was that, the said police station is located barely 50 meters from Dr Philips residence, where the bandit operated for 3 hours, 10 pm to 1am, unhindered, with sporadic gun shots, until, they succeeded in breaking down the walls, killing the police dogs and reaching for his family,” he said.

“My subsequent engagement with Dr Philip reveals all the effort that were made to reach the police and military high authorities while the operations lasted.

“The bravery of the local vigilante who only bare dane guns was met with superior gun power, which sadly resulted in one of them paying the Supreme price.

“The public can now understand why the community protest of 25th January received major media publicity, with the locals alleging, police conspiracy.”

The spokesman of the Kaduna state police command, Kadubu Sabo confirmed that Philip Ataga donated a police station to his community in 2019.

Although he could not immediately state the exact period, Sabo said it was in “the last quarter of last year”.

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