FCT police arrest three bandits, recover arms

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Officers of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command have arrested three bandits reportedly encroaching Abuja. It was gathered that the bandits had planned to turn the Abuja-Lokoja highway into a den of kidnappers and bandits, but officers were proactive and busted their camp.

gathered that the police lost some of its officers during the operation.

Babaji said, “on May 12, 2022, at around 10:00 pm, in a streak of operations targeted at fishing out, sweeping, and dislodging bandits, kidnappers, and miscreants from their hideouts at the suburbs of the FCT, the Command’s anti-kidnapping unit in a concerted effort with the local hunters, Destiny hunters, and Vigilantes, stormed a kidnappers’ camp in Zago Forest, Niger State, bordering the FCT via Adagba Village, Abuja.

“Upon sighting the approach of the team, the miscreants engaged the team in a gun duel. Being overpowered, two suspected bandits namely Rabiu Umar an 18-year-old male, and Abdulmuni Haruna a 20-year-old male, were arrested, while many others escaped the camp with bullet wounds. “The team continued their onward crusade, combing the forests aggressively. On May 13, 2022, at about 8:00pm, the team stormed a bandit camp at Mayaki forest via Adagba Village, Yaba district in the Abaji Area Council of the FCT, overpowering the bandits with superior firepower, leading to the recovery of one AK49 rifle with breach no: 165151 with eight magazines and 12 rounds of 7.62mm live ammunition and one locally made Pistol.

 

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