Operatives of the FCT police command attached to the Anti-Kidnapping Unit have arrested six people, four males and two females suspected to be kidnappers operating in the nation’s capital.
The suspects, according to a statement by the command, are 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 command said 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 but was subsequently rescued unhurt by police operatives of the command the following day.
The statement by SP Josephine Adeh, the command’s spokesperson, said one AK47 rifle , 10 mobile phones, cash sum of N345,000 and some other valuables were recovered from the suspects, who it said had since confessed to the crime and other kidnapping incidents in the territory.
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According to the statement, while investigation is still ongoing, the Commissioner of Police, Benneth C. Igweh, assures members of the public of his commitment to rid FCT of criminality in all its manifestation.
It urges residents to report suspicious activities through the following emergency lines 08032003913, 08061581938, 07057337653, and 08028940883; 09022222352.
