………….urges parents and guardians to prevail on their wards
The FCT Police Command has arrested eight suspected kidnappers along Shengwu-Tunga Maje, Gwagwalada, Kabusa Village and Durumi axis.
In a press release signed by the FCT Police Command Public Relations Officer, ASP Yusuf Mariam, she said that amongst the suspects are: one Yakubu Ahmadu 30 years, Ibrahim Mallam Musa 25 years and Bello Haruna 30 years all male and members of the syndicate linked to the kidnap attempt on the Vice President of the Nigerian Bar Association Gwagwalada Branch Barr. David Aigbefoh. The suspects were arrested during a coordinated intelligence operation on Thursday 8th April,2021 by Police operatives from the Command’s Anti-Kidnapping Squad at Shengwu Mountain on the border of the FCT and Niger State. The suspects have provided useful information on the activities of their syndicate.
According to the Command spokesperson, she said that the Unit arrested members of other kidnap syndicates operating along Gwagwalada and Kabusa Village axis. The suspects are: one Ibrahim Haruna 24 years, Sylvester Obeyi 24 years, Peter Odo Junior and Raymond Musa 26 years all male. They were identified by their victims and confessed to terrorizing these areas.
In another development, one Nwite Jideofor 21 years was arrested for staging his own kidnap along Durumi axis. The suspect confessed to conniving with his ‘abductors’ to defraud his sister of the sum of Five Million Naira (N5, 000,000) which he demanded as ransom.
Exhibits recovered from all the suspects are: three Dane guns, seven cutlasses, one black coloured Honda Accord, four mobile phones and other items. Effort is underway to arrest other members of the syndicates at large.
ASP Yusu said that all the suspects will be arraigned in court upon conclusion of investigation while urging residents particularly parents and guardians to prevail upon their wards to desist from engaging in any form of criminality.
The Command also implores residents to report all suspicious movements, emergency or distress to Police.
