Gunmen have reportedly abducted six staff of Command Day Secondary School Ojo, Lagos, on their way to Abuja for promotion exams.
LEADERSHIP gathered that the victims were abducted on Monday, November 10, 2025, while travelling from Lagos to Abuja for a Directorate-level promotion examination somewhere in Kogi State.
The victims are civilian staff of the Ministry of Defence and members of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN).
While the supervising Director, Press and Public Relations at the Ministry of Defence, Mr Henshaw Ogubike, denied knowledge of such development, the ASCSN President, Shehu Mohammed, and the Secretary-General, Joshua Apebo, in a statement, condemned the abduction and assured their members that efforts were underway to secure the release of the victims.
According to the statement, “Those kidnapped are Mrs. Ngozi Ibeziakor, Mrs. C.A. Emeribe, Mrs. C. Helen Ezeakor, Mrs. C.A. Ladoye, Mrs. J.A. Onwuzurike, and Mrs. Catherine O. Essien. These Directors, who are members of our Union and staff of Command Day Secondary School (CDSS), Ojo, Lagos, were travelling from Lagos to Abuja when they were kidnapped.”
The ASCSN disclosed that the Defence Ministry had already mobilised its security operatives, who were taking urgent steps to ensure the safe rescue of the abducted Directors.
“We have always advised the Federal Civil Service Commission to conduct promotion examinations in the states instead of compelling public service employees to travel long distances to Abuja,” the statement lamented. “The current security situation and deplorable road conditions expose workers to grave risks.”
The union urged the government to decentralise all promotion and verification exercises henceforth, warning that continued disregard for safety concerns could lead to further tragedies.
