Police Kill Three Kidnappers Operating Along Abuja-Kaduna Axis

Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have killed three suspects allegedly terrorising the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and its neighbouring states.

The police disclosed this while parading 20 suspects arrested for various offences across the country, on Friday in Abuja.

The police spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, while briefing the press, identified the main leader of the syndicate as Mai Gemu, popularly known as Godara.

He said Operatives of the Special Intervention Squad, Federal Capital Territory Police Command, had engaged the notorious bandits in a forest within the Bwari area of Abuja at about 2 am, on Friday.

“We’ve recorded another significant stride towards fortifying the security landscape in the Federal Capital Territory following the recent launch of the Special Intervention Squad under the command of the Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun.

“The SIS, in the early hours of Friday, neutralises one of the most wanted kidnap kingpins, Mai Gemu aka Godara and two other members of his gang in an exchange of gunfire in the Bwari area of Abuja in a forest linking Abuja with Kaduna State,” Adejobi said.

The FCT SIS Commander, Commissioner of Police, Bennett Igwe, had said that the operatives of the FCT SIS had taken over a major route in Usafa, Bwari Area Council, used by criminals to hibernate and convey their victims out of Abuja into neighbouring states of Kaduna, Niger, Nasarawa, and Kogi.