FCT Police swoop on kidnapping suspect in Abuja, nab four, rescue victims

Josephine Adeh, the FCT Police spokesperson, on Sunday, in a statement said the suspects, who had been terrorising the FCT and its environs were nabbed following a raid of their hideouts in the Gidan Dogo and Kweti Forest in Kaduna State.

According to her, the suspects, who are allegedly members of the notorious ‘Mai One Million’ syndicate, included two ex-convicts identified as Mohammed Mohamed and Nura Abdullahi and two others, Yahaya Abubakar and Umar Aliyu.

Adeh further said the suspects owned up to a series of kidnappings and other heinous criminal activities in FCT and its environs.

“The operatives of the FCT Police Command, in synergy with the special forces of the Guards Brigade and DSS hunters, in a continued effort against criminality in the FCT, on June 7, 2024, at about 10:00 am, acting on credible intelligence, stormed some identified kidnappers camps at Gidan Dogo and Kweti Forest, Kaduna State, bordering the FCT, trailed and arrested four suspects: Yahaya Abubakar, 25 ‘m’ of Mpape, Mohammed Mohamed 32 ‘m’ of Zuba (an ex-convict), Umar Aliyu 20 and Nura Abdullahi 32 also an ex-convict at Kubwa and Zuba hills respectively,” the police spokesperson said.

“The suspects freely confessed to being members of a notorious bandit syndicate with the name ‘Mai One Million’, responsible for a series of kidnappings and other heinous crimes in the FCT and its environs.”

She added that the police operatives also rescued some kidnapped victims in captivity during the operation and had been reunited with their families.