An alleged ex-convict is being interrogated by the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Police as he was among the suspects arrested during the police raid on their hideouts.
The Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the FCT Police Command, acting on credible intelligence, trailed and arrested four notorious kidnappers who were said to have been terrorizing the Federal Capital Territory.
Yau Sani, also known as Baba (an ex-convict), was among the suspects arrested during the raid at the hideout in Sauka, according to police sources.
Others include Nuhu, a.k.a. Giwa, Kabiru Mohammed and Yusuf Hassan were nabbed at their criminal hideout in Sauka, Abuja living within the general population.
The FCT Police Command mouthpiece, SP Josephine Adeh in a statement sighted by MJConcept TV News stated that the suspects have confessed to being responsible for series of kidnappings of unsuspecting residents in FCT and its environs.
According to SP Josephine, the suspects were responsible in the killing of seven (7) victims in the process.
“These gang have attacked Dakwa, Dawaki, Aco Estate, Dupe Village Zuma Rock, Kuchiko village and some villages in Niger and Kaduna. They also led Police operatives to another hideout in Gauraka Forest, Suleja, Niger State, where they dug out four (4) AK-47 rifles, thirteen (13) AK-47 magazines, one hundred and sixty-two (162) rounds of 7.6 mm live ammunition.”
She added that the suspects also confessed their intending plans to attack some government institutions and estates within the FCT, which have been proactively prevented by the Command.
MJConcept TV News reports that SP Josephine urged members of the public to report any suspicious or unusual activities to the police in its commitment to stamping out crime and criminality within the FCT.
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