The police Special Intervention Squad (SIS) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has arrested 139 suspects and also rescued 154 kidnapped victims within two weeks.
Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi disclosed this on Friday in Abuja while parading the suspects.
He said: “The recent launch of the Special Intervention Squad (SIS) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) by the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has further bolstered the security architecture of the FCT leading to the arrest of 139 suspects.”
Adejobi added that the operatives also recovered three GPR Chargers, two AK-47 rifles, one Type-06, four locally fabricated guns, one Berretta pistol, two Makarov pistols, four locally fabricated pump action guns, 504 pieces of AK-47 ammunition, and 100 pieces of AA ammunition.
He added: “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.
“In a more recent event, in the early hours of Friday 26th January, 2024, men of the IGP-SIS engaged some armed bandits within the FCT-Kaduna axis in a fierce gun battle and neutralised three of them including their gang leader, one Mai-Gemu (aka Gadoro). It is crystal clear that with this operation, the gang and its camp have been destroyed.”
He added that the IGP-SIS operatives on the 21st of January 2024 arrested two 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.
Adejobi noted that the squad also arrested two 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.