…Launches anti-kidnap operations
BY EVELYN DADU, ABUJA – The FCT Police Command has said that acting on credible intelligence, its officers and men on patrol arrested six kidnap suspects along Apo axis of the capital city.
This is as the Command said that it has launched a strategic counter-kidnapping operation to checkmate the emerging security concerns in the FCT.
The arrested suspects, all male include Frank Ozor 26years, Nweke Uche 19years, Chester Uzor 25years, Chukwu Bethrand 27years, Chukwu Samuel 25years and Kelechi Ngene 26years.
The suspects according to a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Yusuf Mariam, had earlier abducted three persons but were arrested while attempting to relocate one of their victims. ASP Yusuf said that further investigation led to the successfully rescue of two other victims who were able to identified the kidnap suspects.
Yusuf further said; “Consequently, the Command has deployed covert and overt crime-fighting strategies to strengthen security across the Federal Capital Territory especially areas with cumbersome terrain.
“The Command is working closely with sister security agencies, key stakeholders and community leaders to rid the FCT of criminal elements,” the police spokesperson said.
While urging residents to remain calm and law-abiding, the FCT Police Command enjoins residents to report any suspicious persons or activities around their vicinity at the nearest Police Division or report the same through any of the FCT Police Command Control numbers: 08032003913, 08061581938, 07057337653 and 08028940883.
