FCT Police rescue kidnapped victim, recover firearms

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command of Nigeria Police, on Tuesday, foiled a kidnap attack in Abuja, rescuing the victim and apprehending one of the suspected kidnappers in the process.

In a statement made available to pressmen via the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Josephine Adeh, on Thursday, the FCT Police Commissioner Babaji Sunday stated that “On Tuesday, March 15, 2022, at about 2300hrs, upon the receipt of actionable intelligence from well-meaning members of the Dobi kwalita area of the FCT, about the assembly of a number of persons suspected to be kidnappers, the tactical and intelligence assets at the disposal of the Gwagwalada Area command and Division Police headquarters in concert with military personnel of 176 battalions and the local Vigilante, drifted swiftly into action to the scene.

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“Following the above, in a bid to escape the aggressive advancement of the team, the criminal elements opened fire at the team, while the team gallantry repelled the attack, recording the rescue of one kidnapped Sani Dauje, a resident of Dobi kwalita area of the FCT, the arrest of one Usman Babangida, an 18 years old male and a member of the criminal syndicate, and the recovery of two fire Arms with breach numbers 56-128031015 in the custody of the Police and 1974HKOOO85 currently in the custody of the military operatives both With twenty-one (21) and Twenty three (23)rounds of live ammunition respectively.

“The suspect is currently at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) as monitoring continues in the area, while the effort to apprehend fleeing members of the criminal syndicate is at top gear,” he stated.

Babaji while attributing the recorded success to the rendition of timely, precise and accurate information, enjoins the good people of the Territory not to relent in supporting the Police in the above regard, as he assured of the command’s unflinching commitment to the fight against crime and criminality in the FCT.