…Intensifies raid on identified kidnappers dens in FCT forests
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has rescued the eleven (11) victims abducted in Gwargwada community, Kuje area of the FCT on February 17, 2022.
The victims were rescued on Saturday February 26, 2022.
According to the police, the rescue of the victims followed prompt response by the command to the unfortunate report of the abduction of some residents into a forest in Gwargwada community by some unscrupulous and misguided criminal elements.
The Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, CP Babaji Sunday, on receiving the report ordered massive manhunt for the perpetrators and the rescue of the victims.
A statement issued by the FCT Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Josephine Adeh, said: “The prompt tactical and intelligence driven special operation led to the rescue of all the abducted victims unhurt.
“The CP notes that intelligence at the disposal of the command uncovered the criminals’ dens in forests within the Kuje area of the FCT and operatives are already combing the forests to arrest the criminal elements and rescue other victims (if any)”.
The rescued victims, the police said, are already receiving necessary medical evaluations and would be reunited with their families as soon as they are confirmed medically stable.
The Commissioner of Police, while registering the command’s unflinching commitment to combating crimes and criminality in the FCT, called on residents to remain vigilant and cooperate with the police, especially on the rendition of prompt and useful information on any suspicious occurrence.