Two ex- convicts and other suspects have been arrested by Personnel of the FCT Police Command.
The arrest which follows the joint operations between the Police and other Security Agencies also left two suspected kidnappers dead.
In a statement signed by the Police Public Relations officer FCT Command, Josephine Adeh, the Operation was in synergy with the Special Forces of Guards Brigade and DSS Hunters, in a continued effort against criminality in FCT.
The Statement said that the Operatives on May 7, 2024, acting on credible intelligence, stormed some identified kidnappers camps at Gidan Dogo and Kweti Forest, border communities between Kaduna State and the FCT where they trailed and arrested four suspects: Yahaya Abubakar,, Mohammed Mohamed ( an ex-convict), Umar Aliyu and Nura Abdullahi also an ex-convict at Kubwa and Zuba hills respectively.
The statement said the suspects freely confessed to being members of a notorious bandit syndicate with the name ‘Mai One Million’, responsible for series of kidnappings and other heinous crimes in FCT and its environs.
The Coordinated Operation, occasioned a shootout between the Bandits and the Security Operatives, forcing them to scamper to safety and victims rescued. The illegally erected structures by the kidnappers in all the patrolled camps, were all decimated.
While the rescued victims have since been reunited with their families and loved ones, the Commissioner of Police, FCT, Benneth Igweh, , lauded the effort of the Security Operatives in the fight against criminality in the Nation’s Capital.
He further reiterates the command’s unflinching commitment to ensuring the security and safety of Residents of FCT. He therefore urges the residents to be vigilant and take advantage of the Police Emergency Lines in reporting suspicious activities to relevant authorities
(Editor: Nkoli Omhoudu)
