Sunday, June 9, 2024 -The operatives of the FCT Police command on June 7 stormed some kidnappers' camps at Gidan Dogo and Kweti Forest, Kaduna State, bordering FCT, 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.
The police working with the special
forces of guards brigade and DSS hunters, stormed the kidnappers camps and
arrested the suspects. When interrogated, 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.
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.
Confirming the arrest to newsmen, the
spokesperson of the comman, SP Josephine Adeh, said while the rescued victims
have since been reunited with their families and loved ones, the commissioner
of police, FCT, CP Benneth C. 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 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.
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