The Nigeria Police says the Force has bolstered the security architecture of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, leading to the arrest of 139 suspects and rescue of 154 kidnapped victims unhurt.
The Police also recovered 3 GPR Chargers, 2 AK-47 rifles, 1 Type-06, 4 locally fabricated guns, 1 Berretta pistol, 2 Makarov pistols, 4 locally fabricated pump action guns, 504 pieces of AK-47 ammunition and 100 pieces of AA ammunition.
The Force Public Relation officer of the Force Assistant Commissioner of Police ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi made this known in a Press briefing and Parad of Suspects in Abuja, Nigeria’s Capital.
ACP Adejobi said; “Prominent among the recent successes recorded is the interception of a group of persons along the Abuja-Kaduna expressway who were major suppliers of arms and ammunition to bandits operating in Niger, Zamfara, and Kaduna States. “
He said that in the early hours of Friday 26th January, 2024, men of the IGP-Special Intervention Squad SIS, engaged some armed bandits within the FCT-Kaduna axis in a fierce gun battle and neutralised 3 of them including their gang leader, one Mai-Gemu (aka Gadoro).
The IGP-SIS operatives on the 21st of January 2024 arrested 2 major gun-running kingpins who had been supplying locally fabricated arms and various types of ammunition to several assailants operating in the North-Central region of the country.
ACP Adejobi further said that the squad also arrested 2 kidnappers in the Jikwoyi area of the FCT and recovered several arms and ammunition from them after overwhelming the gang in a gun battle which also led to the rescue of their kidnapped victim.
Reiterating that the SIS would be launched beyond the FCT to other states across the country for effective security management in the country, the Inspector-General of Police ordered the tactical deployment of several operatives of the IGP-SIS to areas within the FCT still grappling with security breaches to combat every form of criminality that might surface.
Mercy Chukwudiebere
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