- Urge residents to remain vigilant, calm
BY EDMOND ODOK – The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command says eleven (11) persons abducted in Gwargwada community in the Kuje area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on February 17, 2022, have been recused by its operatives.
The rescue operations on Saturday, February 26, 2022, followed prompt response by the Command to the unfortunate report of the abduction of some residents into a forest in the Gwargwada community by some unscrupulous and misguided criminal elements.
According to a statement by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Josephine Adeh, “On receipt of the report, the Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command, CP Babaji Sunday, psc. ordered a massive manhunt for the perpetrators and the rescue of the victims.
“The prompt tactical and intelligence-driven special operation led to the rescue of all the abducted victims unhurt.
“The CP notes that intelligence at the disposal of the Command uncovered the criminal dens in Forest within the Kuje area of the FCT and operatives are already combing the forests to arrest the criminal elements and rescue other victims (if any).
“The rescued victims are already receiving necessary medical evaluations and would be reunited with their families as soon as they are confirmed medically stable.”
While registering the “Command’s unflinching commitment to combating crimes and criminality in the FCT”, the statement further quoted the Police boss as calling “on residents to remain vigilant and to cooperate with the Police especially on the rendition of prompt and useful information on any suspicious occurrence through the following emergency lines: 08032003913, 08061581938, 07057337653 and 08028940883. While the Public Complaint Bureau (PCB) desk could be reached on: 09022222352.”
