The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a notorious kidnapper, Dahiru Adamu, barely three days after the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike placed a N20m bounty on him and one Abu Ibrahim.
Police Public Relations Officer for the FCT, SP Josephine Adeh, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Friday.
Adeh said, “The police operatives of the FCT Police Command attached to the Anti-kidnapping Unit, in a continued effort against criminality in the territory, raided two kidnappers’ camps bordering Nasarawa and Abuja via Kuje Area Council on February 15, 2024, at about 12am, dislodged the camps and arrested one Saidu Abdulkadir, male, popularly known as Dahiru Adamu, who is the gang leader and one of the the wanted suspects of the kidnapping syndicate paraded by the police command on February 14, 2024.
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“The bandits, on sighting the police operatives, opened fire and engaged the police in an intense gun duel and were eventually overpowered by the police, as one Habu Yakubu and Isufu Abubakar, earlier abducted from Kwaita village via Pegi District of Kuje Area Council, were rescued unhurt and the suspect arrested.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect masterminded the kidnap and killing of one Mr Sunday Yahaya Zakwai, the district head of Ketti village.
“While efforts are still ongoing to apprehend the other wanted suspects on the run, the Commissioner of Police FCT, CP Benneth C. Igweh, wishes to reassure criminals in FCT that there is no hiding place for them.”
ThisNigeria reported that Wike had placed the bounty on Adamu and Ibrahim after seven other suspected kidnappers were arrested and paraded.
