•Operatives storm kidnappers’ hideouts, arrest six
Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja
Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command attached to the anti-kidnapping unit stormed a hideout of some of the kidnappers terrorising residents of the territory and arrested six suspects.
The new Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory, CP Benneth Igweh, had weekend, ordered Area Commanders and Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) to take the fight to kidnappers.
Igwe was Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Operations in FCT.
A statement by the Spokesperson of the command and Superintendent of Police (SP), Josephine Adeh, said operatives acting on credible intelligence arrested one Buhari Muhammad, 20, a wanted kidnap kingpin, Muhammad Sabiu, 20; Isah Abdullahi, Hamzat Musa, 21, Fatima Abdullahi, 22 and Zuliat Yusuf, 23, in a hotel in Bassa Village in FCT.
“The notorious kidnap syndicate was 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 27/01/2024 and was subsequently rescued unhurt by police operatives of the command on 28/01/2024,” it said.
The statement said one AK47 rifle, 10 mobile phones, the sum of N345,000 and some other valuables were recovered from the suspects, who had since confessed to the crime and other kidnapping incidents in the Territory.
“While investigation is still ongoing, the Commissioner of Police, Benneth Igweh, wishes to assure members of the public of his commitment to rid FCT of criminality in all its manifestation,” it said. He equally urged residents to report suspicious activities to the police.
