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From Molly Kilete, Abuja
The Federal Capital Territory(FCT), police command said it has destroyed a kidnappers hideout in the territory and arrested one Buhari Muhammad a wanted kingpin and five others including two females.
FCT Police Public Relations Officer, Josephine Adeh, who made this known, said the kidnappers were arrested by operatives attached to Anti-Kidnapping Unit in a hotel in Bassa Village in FCT following intelligence.
Adeh, listed other members of the gang arrested to include Muhammad Sabiu, 20, Isah Abdullahi, Hamzat Musa 21, Fatima Abdullahi, 22, and Zuliat Yusuf, 23.
The PPRO, in a statement, said “notorious 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 27/01/2024 and was subsequently rescued unhurt by Police operatives of the Command on 28/01/2024.
She 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 Igweh, wishes to assure members of the public of his commitment to rid FCT of criminality in all its manifestation.
He equally urges residents to report suspicious activities through the following emergency lines ; 08032003913, 08061581938, 07057337653, and 08028940883; PCB: 09022222352.
