The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has successfully rescued seven kidnapped victims and dismantled multiple kidnappers’ camps in a joint operation conducted with the Nigerian Army and the Department of State Services (DSS).
Confirming the development, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, in a release said the operation followed a distress report received on 5th December 2025 indicating that armed men had invaded a community in Ushafa and abducted several residents. She noted that a combined team of operatives from the FCT Anti-Kidnapping Unit, the Army, and the DSS mobilised to the area on 6th December and commenced an intensive search-and-rescue mission.
Acting on credible intelligence, the operatives traced the kidnappers’ movement through the outskirts of Mpape into settlements near Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The suspects opened fire upon sighting the security team, but operatives overpowered them, dislodging the criminals and rescuing one victim discovered in their custody.
The joint team sustained the pursuit for more than seven hours across difficult mountainous terrain, eventually stormed the gang’s main camp in Kweri Forest, Kaduna State. A second gun duel forced the kidnappers to flee, enabling operatives to rescue six additional victims. All rescued persons were taken to the hospital where they are receiving care and remain in stable condition.
The Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, CP Miller G. Dantawaye, psc, commended the professionalism and gallantry of the operatives and ordered the deployment of additional personnel along flashpoint corridors as part of intensified preventive measures against kidnapping within the FCT.
As the manhunt for fleeing suspects continues, the Command urged hospitals and healthcare providers to report anyone presenting with gunshot or suspicious injuries via the FCT emergency numbers: 08061581938 and 08032003913.
