FCT Police Storm Kidnappers Hideout, Arrest Kingpin

Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command have stormed a kidnappers’ hideout located in a hotel in Bassa village of the city.

The FCT police revealed this in a statement signed by its spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, on Monday.

According to the statement, the operation was executed on Friday by the operatives of the FCT Police Command attached to the anti-kidnapping unit.

The operatives acted on credible intelligence and arrested a wanted kidnap kingpin, Buhari Muhammad, 20, Muhammad Sabiu, 20, Isah Abdullahi and Hamzat Musa, 21.

Other suspects arrested include Fatima Abdullahi, 22 and Zuliat Yusuf, 23, both females.

The statement revealed that the kidnap syndicate were responsible for the abduction of one Joshua Eze, the husband to Blessing Eze who suffered a bullet injury in the process of her husband’s abduction on January 27.