The Nigeria Police Force has denied reports suggesting that there is an inconsistency in police communication regarding a recent abduction incident in Kaduna State.

Reports of the abduction in Kurmin Wali, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, emerged on Sunday, with over 100 worshippers said to have been taken during the attack.

Although the police initially denied the attack, the authorities later reversed their position, admitting that the incident “did occur” and that many people were kidnapped.

In an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, the Force Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, said there is no discrepancy in the communication made available to the public.

He said as soon as the Kaduna State Commissioner of Police, Muhammad Rabiu, got wind of the report, he deployed operatives to the scene of the attack.

“There is no inconsistency from the statement coming from the police,” Hundeyin stated.

“The (Kaduna State) Commissioner of Police said when we received the information and immediately, we mobilised there and we are yet to get any evidence as this happened.

“The moment we got evidence, we also came out to say that we have gotten evidence. So there is no inconsistency.”

He disclosed that the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered the deployment of police helicopters for air surveillance.

The IGP also deployed additional operational and intelligence assets to the area.

The police said the response includes the deployment of tactical units, intensified patrols, and targeted search-and-rescue operations.

The police appealed to the public and the media to rely on official communications for verified information, warning that sensational reporting could “jeopardise ongoing operations or heighten public anxiety.”

Earlier, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) criticised security agencies over their response to the abduction of worshippers in Kurmin Wali community.

In a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja and signed by its President, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, CAN expressed concern over what it described as poor public communication by the security agencies.

The association said the early response lacked sensitivity and thoroughness, noting that dismissing reports of the incident before proper verification caused confusion and further eroded public confidence in the authorities.

CAN acknowledged the subsequent confirmation of the abduction and commended the Inspector-General of Police for deploying operational and intelligence resources to the affected area, describing the action as both necessary and welcome.

However, the association stressed that such measures should be accompanied by a more disciplined and people-focused approach to crisis communication in the future.

It urged all security agencies and relevant authorities to strengthen coordination, improve verification procedures, and ensure that credible community reports are treated with the seriousness they deserve.

“Victims must be protected, genuine distress calls respected, and misinformation, whether dismissive or sensational, must be avoided,” CAN stated.

The association also called on governments at all levels to tackle the persistent insecurity across the country with renewed urgency, warning that recurring attacks continue to threaten lives, disrupt worship, and undermine public confidence.

CAN appealed for the immediate and unconditional release of all those abducted, praying for their safe and unharmed return.

It urged security agencies to intensify every possible effort, operational, intelligence, and diplomatic, to ensure a swift rescue, stressing that the protection of innocent lives must remain the highest priority.

The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said Nigeria must deliberately target global investors and supply chain relocations to drive job creation, deepen manufacturing, and reduce import dependence.

She made the remarks on Wednesday in a short clip posted by GLAZIA on its X handle from a discussion titled “From Scale to Capital: Financing Nigeria’s Role as Africa’s Digital Trade and Infrastructure Anchor,” held at Nigeria House during the ongoing World Economic Forum in Davos.

Recall that rising geopolitical tensions, particularly between the United States and China, have accelerated supply chain diversification. Firms are increasingly adopting “China+1” sourcing strategies to reduce single-country risk, although China remains deeply embedded in many global value chains. In addition, tariffs and trade restrictions have incentivised companies to reconsider reliance on dominant suppliers, prompting the relocation or diversification of production hubs.

Okonjo-Iweala maintained that these disruptions present an opportunity for Nigeria to capture a share of global supply chains but stressed that this would require aggressive marketing of the country to prospective investors.


She said, “As you said, some good reforms are being pursued right now. I think they need to yield to job creation. That was what I said to His Excellency—that we need to move from stabilisation to job creation, because that is where we are lacking. It is not going to be overnight, but they are moving in the right direction. What I think they need to do is map where the opportunities are.

“What I would like to see is a continued effort to attract investment into the country, because there is an opportunity now to attract these supply chains. If there is one thing I would say, it is that everything we can do to showcase Nigeria as a country worthy of investment is what we should be doing.

“And we should deliberately have strategies to go after those investments and investors—to go to China, the US, whatever it takes—to come and invest in our country. As companies seek to diversify supply chains, a lot of that movement is still within Asia. Diversification is moving from China but still within Asia, and India is another destination. We should attract a sizeable chunk of that. I’m not saying all.

“Let’s build solar panels in Nigeria. We are importing, but we can also manufacture. We have the renewable capacity. In fashion, let them come to invest. Every time I buy a piece of wax (textile), I check to see where it’s made. Let’s attract investment to make it at home rather than elsewhere. Many of the shiny new textiles we are wearing now are not made in Nigeria; a lot of them are imported.”

She also highlighted opportunities in the pharmaceutical sector, saying, “Pharmaceuticals—there is a chance there as well. These are some of the supply chains I would be attracting.”

Also present on the panel was the Managing Director of the Bank of Industry, Dr Oludapo Olusi.

Meanwhile, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, in an earlier interview with Bloomberg on Day 2 of #WEF26, said that at a time of global fragmentation, Nigeria is focused on discipline, reform credibility, and sustained dialogue.

He said, “The aim in the short term is to get the tax-to-GDP ratio up to 18 per cent and channel resources into social services and infrastructure.”

Edun emphasised that Nigeria remains committed to fiscal discipline, attracting investment, and leveraging its resources to ensure sustainable growth in a fragmented global economy.

Adedeji Adeleke, father of afrobeats star, Davido, has described paternity claims involving his son as unnecessary and says DNA test results indicate that 12-year-old Anuoluwapo is not the singer’s child.

Mr Adeleke, who spoke during a press conference in Lagos on Wednesday, said while his son cannot take responsibility for a child that does not belong to him, Anu deserves to know her father.

According to him, five DNA tests have been done to verify the paternity claim, but, he says all of them have proved otherwise.

Davido’s father told the gathering that the singer has never denied owning a child.

Despite the results showing Anu was not Davido’s child, he recalled how he supported her.

He says he often sends money for Anu’s school fees and her upkeep. Mr Adedeji revealed that the aunt would always send receipts back to him whenever the money comes in and also provides evidence of things bought for the 12-year-old.

The Osun-born entrepreneur says up until last year, he sorted out the school fees while he stayed in touch with Anu’s aunt. This, he said, Davido did not know about.

“I did not discuss it with David or anybody,” he said.

The long-running paternity dispute involving Davido and Anuoluwapo resurfaced in mid-January.

She made an appeal on Instagram requesting a fresh DNA test. The teenager cited years of bullying, mockery, and mental distress from classmates over claims that Davido is her father.

However, Davido has denied paternity of the child, saying five DNA tests at different hospitals have returned negative results.

A leaked chat allegedly with Davido showed the singer threatening to take action and jail her mother if the matter is not dropped.

Davido claimed his father insisted on the DNA tests for transparency.

But Anu’s mother, Ayotomide Labinjoh, has disputed Davido’s claims about multiple tests.

Labinjoh alleged that only one DNA test was conducted.


She claimed the 2014 test was compromised at a clinic. Labinjoh called for a fresh, independent DNA test. She requested that the new test be supervised by the U.S. Embassy or State Department, citing Davido’s U.S. citizenship, to ensure transparency.