Crimes

Police kill wanted kidnapper, 2 bandits in Abuja

The operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command have neutralised a wanted kidnapped and notorious bandits in a forest in the Bwari area of Abuja.

The gunmen were killed by the officers of the Special Intervention Squad of the FCT Police Command in the early hours of Friday, January 26, 2024.

This was disclosed by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, while parading about 20 criminal suspects arrested for various offences across the country.

READ ALSO: Kaduna police arrest kidnapper after rejecting N1m bribe, recover N2.3m

Adejobi said: “We’ve recorded another significant stride towards fortifying the security landscape in the Federal Capital Territory following the recent launch of the Special Intervention Squad under the command of the Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun.

“The SIS, in the early hours of Friday neutralises one of the most wanted kidnap kingpins, Mai Gemu, popularly known as Godara, and two other members of his gang in an exchange of gunfire in the Bwari area of Abuja in a forest linking Abuja with Kaduna State.”

The Star

Segun Ojo

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