The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has said it stormed a kidnappers’ den in Jibi forest bordering the Dei-dei area of Abuja on Saturday.
Spokesperson for the Police Command, SP Josephine Adeh, made this known in a statement on Monday in Abuja.
The command said, that the bandits, however, fled their hideouts to escape arrest.
Adeh explained that the operation was carried out following credible intelligence that one Mallam Danyaboi and his gang members who were colleagues to one Nasiru Mohammed, earlier arrested, had planned a reprisal attack in Zuba and its environs.
She said Mr Mohammed, who is also called ‘Danger’ was arrested and paraded on 11 March.
The PPRO said the Commissioner of Police FCT, CP Benneth C. Igweh reassure residents of the commitment of the command to ensuring the safety of all and sundry, while enjoining residents to report suspicious activities to the police.
“The operatives of the FCT Police Command, in a continued fight against banditry in FCT, stormed a kidnappers’ den in Jibi forest bordering Dei-dei Abuja on March 23, 2024, at about 06:00 AM. On sighting police operatives, the bandits fled from their hideouts to escape arrest.
“The crime prevention operation was carried out on the heels of a credible intelligence that one Mallam Danyaboi and Ilu, gang members and colleagues to one Nasiru Mohammed A.K.A. Danger, who was earlier arrested and paraded by the Police Command on March 11, 2024, in connection with series of kidnappings in FCT, had planned a reprisal kidnapping attack in Zuba and its environs for the arrest of their members. Exhibits such as firearms and cows were recovered from the camp,” the statement read.
It added, “While intensive crime prevention patrols are already in place to forestall any intended kidnapping in the area, the Commissioner of Police FCT, CP Benneth C. Igweh, psc, mni, wishes to reassure residents of his commitment to ensuring the safety of all and sundry. He urges residents to report suspicious activities through the following emergency lines: 08032003913, 08061581938, 07057337653, and 08028940883; CRU: 09022222352.”
