- Safiu Kehinde
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command stormed kidnappers’ hideout in Abuja, foiling plot to attack on Independence Day.
As contained in a statement issued on Thursday by the Command’s spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, the Command’s Anti-Kidnapping Unit raided the kidnappers’ den in Sauka area of Abuja.
Four suspected kidnappers were arrested in the process.
According to the statement the suspects, Yau Sani, a.k.a. Baba (an ex-convict), Nuhu, a.k.a. Giwa, Kabiru Mohammed and Yusuf Hassan, were alleged to have been terrorizing the FCT.
They confessed to series of kidnapping of unsuspecting residents while admitting to the death of seven victims.
However, they also confessed intend plot to attack during the Independence Day celebration before they were arrested by the Anti-Kidnapping Unit.
The statement read in part; “The Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the FCT Police Command on 1st October 2024, acting on credible intelligence, trailed and arrested four notorious kidnappers who have been terrorizing the Federal Capital Territory namely: YAU SANI, a.k.a. Baba (an ex-convict), NUHU, a.k.a. Giwa, KABIRU MOHAMMED, and YUSUF HASSAN, at their criminal hideout in Sauka, Abuja living within the general population.
“The suspects confessed to being responsible for series of kidnappings of unsuspecting residents in FCT and its environs, 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.
“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”