Crime and Law
Police invade bandits’ hideouts, arrest 4

The joint operatives of the FCT Police command, in synergy with the special forces of Guards Brigade and the Department of State Security (DSS) on June 7 invaded kidnappers camp in Gidan Dogo and Kweti Forest, Kaduna State, bordering FCT where they arrested four suspects.
According to a statement released by Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, on Sunday, a coordinated operation by security forces resulted in a shootout with the kidnappers, forcing them to flee, and leading to the successful rescue of the victims.
SP Adeh, stated that the joint operation resulted in the destruction of illegal structures erected by the kidnappers in the patrolled camps.
While the rescued victims have since been reunited with their families and loved ones
The statement reads: “The operatives of the FCT Police command, in synergy with the special forces of guards brigade and the Department of State Security (DSS) hunters, in a continued effort against criminality in 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 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 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 FCT and its environs.”
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