The operatives of the FCT Police command, in synergy with the special forces of guards brigade and the Department of State Security (DSS) hunters on June 7 stormed kidnappers camp in Gidan Dogo and Kweti Forest, Kaduna State, bordering FCT and arrested four suspects.
Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh in a statement issued Sunday said the coordinated operation, occasioned a shootout between the bandits and the security operatives, forcing them to scamper to safety and victims rescued.
Adeh noted that the illegally erected structures by the kidnappers in all the patrolled camps, were all decimated.
While the rescued victims have since been reunited with their families and loved ones
The statement reads: “The operatives of the FCT Police command, in synergy with the special forces of guards brigade and the Department of State Security (DSS) hunters, in a continued effort against criminality in FCT, on June 7, 2024, at about 10:00 am, acting on credible intelligence, stormed some identified kidnappers camps at Gidan Dogo and Kweti Forest, Kaduna State, bordering FCT, trailed and arrested four suspects: Yahaya Abubakar, 25 ‘M’ of Mpape, Mohammed Mohamed 32 ‘M’ of Zuba( an ex-convict), Umar Aliyu 20 and Nura Abdullahi 32 also an ex-convict at Kubwa and Zuba hills respectively.
“The suspects freely confessed to being members of a notorious bandit syndicate with the name ‘Mai One Million’, responsible for a series of kidnappings and other heinous crimes in FCT and its environs.”