By Linus Aleke, Abuja
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command Anti-Kidnapping squad in collaboration with troops of the Nigerian Army, has rescued the Bwari Area Council kidnap victims.
Police Public Relations Officer, FCT Police Command, SP Josephine Adeh, in a statement, said, those abducted when the kidnappers struck the Zuma 1 area in the Bwari Area Council on the 2nd of January 2024, have been rescued and reunited with their families.
She disclosed that operatives of the Command, successfully rescued the Victims around Kajuru forest in Kaduna state at about 11:30 pm on Saturday 20th January 2024.
This is as the Police Command, dismisses, as untrue, trending report of a kidnapping incident at River Park estate in the early hours of Sunday.
In a separate statement the Spokesperson of FCT Police Command, SP Josephine Adeh, said: “The FCT police Command is aware of the news making rounds about an alleged kidnapping incident at River Park estate in the early hours of today and wishes to state that contrary to reports, nobody was kidnapped in River Park Estate.
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One Nnandi Agu ‘m’ of Games Village only faked his kidnap in an attempt to defraud his brother who lives within the said Estate”.
She noted that the suspect is currently in police custody undergoing interrogation.
While the investigation is still ongoing, further development will be communicated to the public.
The statement appreciated the Inspectors General of Police IGP Olukayode Egbetokun for the deployment of the newly commissioned Special Intervention Squad, which has given an uplift to the existing security architecture of the FCT and build public confidence.
The Commissioner of Police FCT Command CP Haruna Garba, reiterated the command’s commitment to sustaining the robust security deployment made in the area and other parts of the territory for the utmost maintenance of peace for all and sundry.
