BREAKING: FCT Police Storm Kidnappers’ Hideout, Arrest Kingpin, Others
Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command have stormed a kidnappers’ hideout located in a hotel in Bassa village of the city.
The FCT police revealed this in a statement signed by its spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, on Monday.
According to the statement, the operation was executed on Friday by the operatives of the FCT Police Command attached to the anti-kidnapping unit.
The operatives acted on credible intelligence and arrested a wanted kidnap kingpin, Buhari Muhammad, 20, Muhammad Sabiu, 20, Isah Abdullahi and Hamzat Musa, 21.
Other suspects arrested include Fatima Abdullahi, 22 and Zuliat Yusuf, 23, both females.
The statement revealed that the kidnap syndicate were responsible for the abduction of one Joshua Eze, the husband to Blessing Eze who suffered a bullet injury in the process of her husband’s abduction on January 27.
The abducted victim was, however, rescued unhurt by FCT operatives on January 28.
The statement said, “One AK47 rifle, 10 mobile phones, cash sum of three hundred and forty-five thousand naira and some other valuables were recovered from the suspects who have since confessed to the crime and other kidnapping incidents in the Territory.
“While investigation is still ongoing, the Commissioner of Police FCT, CP Benneth C. Igweh psc, mni, wishes to assure members of the public of his commitment to rid FCT of criminality in all its manifestations.
“He equally urges residents to report suspicious activities through the following emergency lines; 08032003913, 08061581938, 07057337653, and 08028940883; PCB: 09022222352.
Recall that the CP, upon his appointment on January 31, unveiled a four-point agenda to root out all forms of crime and perpetrators of crime in the capital territory.
He said, “If you are a bandit, kidnapper, an armed robber, killer, whatever high crime you are committing, No. 1. We have a four-point agenda, it is either you shoot me, you shoot us, or you shoot me. I do not have fear about it.
“The second movement is that we will arrest you and you will be in prison. The third one is that your movement will be in my cell. The fourth one that you have every opportunity to act upon, is that you should be on the run.”
