The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police command has arrested a suspected kidnap kingpin, Ya’u Shittu, following a raid by its scorpion squad in Mpape, Abuja.
Shittu, 27, a native of Kafanchan local government area of Kaduna state was arrested at about 2:28pm on June 13, 2025, after acting on actionable digital forensic intelligence.
A police source in the FCT command told Zagazola Makama that Shittu was wanted in connection with a series of kidnapping cases within the FCT and its environs, including the kidnapping and subsequent killing of a pastor in Mpape last year.
He said that during interrogation, the suspect allegedly confessed to participating in two major kidnapping operations, the first in Katampe, where the suspects received a ransom of N10 million, with Shittu personally pocketing N500,000 and the second at sShishinpe 1, a community in Mpape.
Shittu further named eight members of his kidnapping syndicate, who are currently at large as police sources said efforts are ongoing to arrest the suspects and recover their operational weapons.