FCT police arrest wanted kidnappers

The Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the FCT Police Command has apprehended one notorious kidnapper, Saidu Abdulkadir.

The Force Public Relations of the FCT Police Command, SP Josephine Adeh in a statement on Thursday, said the kidnapper was arrested following a raid on their camps bordering Nasarawa and Abuja via Kuje area council, at about midnight on Thursday.

Adeh said the bandits, on sighting the operatives, opened fire and engaged the police in a gun duel, but were eventually overpowered.

He added that Habu Yakubu and Isufu Abubakar, who were abducted in the Kuje Area Council, were rescued unhurt.

The statement read in part, “The Police operatives of the FCT Police Command attached to the Anti-kidnapping unit, in a continued effort against criminality in the Territory, raided two (2) kidnappers’ camps bordering Nasarawa and Abuja via Kuje area council on 15/02/2024 at about 12 am, dislodged the camps and arrested one Saidu Abdulkadir ‘m’ popularly known as (Dahiru Adamu), who is the gang leader and one of the wanted suspects of the kidnapping syndicate paraded by the Police Command on 14th February 2024.

“The bandits on sighting the police operatives, opened fire and engaged the Police in an intense gun duel and were eventually overpowered by the Police, as one Habu Yakubu and Isufu Abubakar, earlier abducted from Kwaita village via Pegi district of Kuje area council, were rescued unhurt and the suspect arrested.

Speaking further, he said preliminary investigations revealed that the suspects masterminded the kidnap and killing of one Mr Sunday Yahaya Zakwai, the District head of Ketti village.

“Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect masterminded the kidnap and killing of one Mr Sunday Yahaya Zakwai, the district head of Ketti village.

“While efforts are still ongoing to apprehend the other wanted suspects on the run, the Commissioner of Police FCT, CP Benneth C. Igweh psc, mni, wishes to reassure criminals in FCT that there is no hiding place for them.

“He equally urges residents to report suspicious activities through the following emergency lines; 08032003913, 08061581938, 07057337653, and 08028940883; PCB: 09022222352”.

In recent times, the FCT has turned kidnappers den as they kidnap and demand ransom from their victims.

Notable among their recent attacks is the killing of one Najeebah, who was abducted along with her five other sisters in Abuja.

Najeebah and her sisters were abducted on January 9, alongside their father.

It was gathered that the gunmen later released their father, asking him to go get N60m as ransom for the release of her daughters before Friday, January 12.