The Nigeria Police in the Federal Capital Territory FCT foiled a kidnap attack in Abuja, rescuing the victim and arrest one of the suspected kidnappers in the process.
This was contain in a statement signed by the Command Public Relations Officer, Deputy Supretendent of Police DSP Josephine Adeh, said acting on 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 battalion and the local Vigilante, drifted swiftly into action.
“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 suspect, 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 an effort to apprehend fleeing members of the criminal syndicate is at top gear,” he stated.
The FCT Police Commissioner Sunday 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 Territory.
