By Linus Aleke
The FCT Police Command, has dismissed as untrue, the trending rumour that kidnappers have devised a new strategy of wearing police uniform to kidnap their victims in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Police Public Relations Officer, FCT Police Command, SP Josephine Adeh, invalidated the rumour in a statement in Abuja.
The Commissioner of Police FCT, CP Haruna Garba, told the public that contrary to the falsehood making the rounds on media platforms alleging that kidnappers who adorned the Police uniform to perpetrate their illicit acts have kidnapped seventeen (17) persons from the Apo area in Abuja.
He noted that the report is clearly a figment of the authors’ imagination as no incident of such happened within the FCT.
The CP, also enjoined non-state actors who have been engaging the police emergency lines in their mischievous posts, aimed at misleading members of the public and those submitting same to obtain loans to desist from such and only use the emergency lines for its intended purpose as deliberate steps will be taken to arrest and prosecute the purveyors of these illegal acts.
The Commissioner of Police further urged residents of the FCT to cooperate with the police for improved service delivery.
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He equally tasked them to take advantage of the Police Control Room numbers in reporting suspicious activities.
Meanwhile, the report that prompted police rebuttal reads: “Information reaching us from security agencies confirmed that kidnappers are now using new tactics for their illicit business.
They appear in police uniforms and knock on their victim doors. As soon as the door is opened they bounce on the occupants and load them into a stand-by vehicle. It has been confirmed that about 17 people had been kidnapped today in Abuja, around Apo area and they have already been distributed between Birnin Gwari and Nasarwa State axis.
Should incase any police officer(s) come knocking don’t open your door and don’t hesitate to call the following police emergency numbers”.
