In a continued effort against criminality in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and its environs, the operatives of the FCT Police Command attached to the Anti-kidnapping Unit, raided two kidnappers’ camps bordering Nasarawa and Abuja via Kuje Area Council on Thursday, February 15, 2024, at about midnight, and arrested one Saidu Abdulkadir ‘m’ popularly known as Dahiru Adamu, who is the gang leader and also one of the most wanted suspects of the kidnapping syndicate paraded by the Police Command on Wednesday, February 14, 2024.
According to the Police Command Spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, the bandits on sighting the police operatives, opened fire and engaged the Police in an intense gun duel and were eventually overpowered by the Police. One Habu Yakubu and Isufu Abubakar, earlier abducted from Kwaita village via Pegi District of Kuje Area Council, were rescued unhurt and the suspect was arrested.
Adeh further said that preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect masterminded the kidnap and killing of one Mr. Sunday Yahaya Zakwai, the District Head of Ketti village.
While efforts are still ongoing to apprehend the other wanted suspects on the run, the Commissioner of Police FCT, CP Benneth C. Igweh reassured criminals in FCT that there is no hiding place for them.
The CP equally urges residents to report suspicious activities through the following emergency lines: 08032003913, 08061581938, 07057337653, and 08028940883; PCB: 09022222352.
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