By Gbemiga Olamikan.
Operatives of the FCT Police command, in a combined effort with good synergy with the special forces of guards brigade, DSS and Hunters, acting on credible intelligence, stormed some identified kidnappers camps at Gidan Dogo and Kweti Forest, Kaduna State, bordering FCT, in a continued effort against criminality in FCT, on June 7, 2024, at about 10:00 am, trailed and arrested four suspects: Yahaya Abubakar, 25 ‘m’ of Mpape, Mohammed Mohamed 32 ‘m’ of Zuba( an ex-convict), Umar Aliyu 20 and Nura Abdullahi 32 also an ex-convict at Kubwa and Zuba hills respectively.
Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, disclosed this in a statement today. She said that the suspects freely confessed to being members of a notorious bandit syndicate with the name ‘Mai One Million’, responsible for a series of kidnappings and other heinous crimes in FCT and its environs.
SP Adeh revealed that the coordinated operation, witnessed 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.
The Commissioner of Police, Ben Igweh revealed that the rescued victims have since been reunited with their families and loved ones, as he lauded the effort of the security operatives in the fight against criminality in the Nation’s Capital and reiterates the command’s unflinching commitment to ensuring the security and safety of the residents of FCT.
He therefore urges the residents to be vigilant and take advantage of the police emergency lines in reporting suspicious activities through: 08032003913, 08028940883, 08061581938, and 07057337653 PCB: 09022222352, CRU: 08107314192.
