By Ola Kay
…as Police proactively forestall intended attacks in the FCT on 1st October 2024
The Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Police Command has apprehended four notorious kidnappers who have been terrorizing the Federal Capital Territory after a credible intelligence.
The suspects identified as Yau Sani, a.k.a. Baba (an ex-convict), Nuhu, a.k.a. Giwa, Kabiru Mohammed, and Yusuf Hassan were caught at their criminal hideout on 1 October, 2024 in Sauka, Abuja.
In a release on Wednesday by the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, Josephine Adeh David, the suspected abductors confessed to being responsible for series of kidnappings of unsuspecting residents in FCT and its environs and the subsequent killing of seven (7) victims in the process.
“These gang have attacked Dakwa, Dawaki, Aco estate, Dupe Village Zuma rock, Kuchiko village and some villages in Niger and Kaduna.
“They also led Police operatives to another hideout in Gauraka Forest, Suleja, Niger State, where they dug out four (4) AK-47 rifles, thirteen (13) AK-47 magazines, one hundred and sixty-two (162) rounds of 7.6 mm live ammunition.
“The suspects also confessed their intending plans to attack some government institutions and estates within the FCT, which have been proactively prevented by the Command,” stated the PPRO
The Command reiterated its commitment to stamping out crime and criminality within the FCT and appealed to members of the public to report any suspicious or unusual activities withing their locations to the following police emergency lines: 08032003913, 08028940883, 08061581938, and 07057337653. And for complaints,contact PCB at 09022222352 or CRU at 08107314192.
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