FCT Police Command in collaboration with the DSS and Local Hunters successfully rescued fourteen (14) victims kidnapped at Gauraka area of Niger State during a joint operation at Byhazin-Bwari axis.
The Joint Operation led by the Command’s Anti-Kidnapping Squad combed the forest, engaged in a fierce gun duel with suspected kidnappers ,dislodged them and arrested two (2) kidnap suspects while others escaped with bullet wounds.
Exhibits recovered from the kidnappers’den were: two(2) AK-47 magazines and cooking utensils.
The victims who appeared frail after several days in captivity were receiving medical attention at the Police Medical Facility.
Meanwhile,the FCT Commissioner of Police, CP. Bala Ciroma has reassured FCT residents of the Command’s undeterred resolve towards the protection of lives and property within the FCT ,through continuous partnership with sister security agencies and key community stakeholders.
The Command further implored residents to report all suspicious movements, emergency or distress, through these numbers: 08032003913, 08061581938, 07057337653 and 08028940883 and to report the conduct of Police Officers, call the Public Complaint Bureau (PCB) Line : 09022222352
