Former IG Cousin Kidnapped In Lagos

The former Inspector-General of Police and current Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Musiliu Smith cousin has been kidnapped .Sikiru Smith was abducted by  masked gunmen  on Monday evening, September 27.

The incident was confirmed following  an audio released by his driver, Corporal Odichi, Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Sikiru Smith was abducted at a site in Ajah, Lagos State while he was supervising work , and forcefully taken away through a waiting speedboat that sailed towards the Ikorodu area of the State.

Lagos State Police Command PRO Mr. Adekunle Ajisebutu said the command is aware of the incident and the force is “on it”.

Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Sikiru Oladimeji Smith is a retired Chief of Communications Officer at the Nigerian Ministry of Defense.

Air Vice Marshal Sikiru Smith kidnapped by masked men in Lagos

Prior to his pre-retirement position as AVM Chief of Communications, Smith was Commander 401 of The Aircraft Maintenance Depot and Chief of Logistics at The Nigerian Air Force.

Sikiru Smith is also the author of the non-fiction book Civil Militia and Nigeria’s National security, unveiled in Lagos State in 2013.

Since retirement, he has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of his company, Double Wealth Ventures Limited.

He has an honorary doctorate degree in Defense and Strategic Studies.

Kidnapping for ransom on a commercial scale which became rampant in Nigeria in 2011 spread across all the 36 states and the country’s capital, Abuja.

In February 2021, Nigerian journalist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani wrote for the BBC News, “The Nigerian government seems to have suggested that it can no longer be relied on to keep citizens safe