Bwari Kidnapped Victims Freed

Olawale Ajimotokan in Abuja 

The joint operation of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command and the Nigerian Army has rescued the victims who were kidnapped at Zuma 1, Bwari Area Council of the nation’s capital on January 2.

The FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, quoted the FCT Police Commissioner Haruna Garba, as confirming the development in statement issued to newsmen in Abuja on Sunday.

She said the victims had since been reunited with their families.

The statement said: “Following the relentless advancement of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command Anti-Kidnapping squad in a concerted effort with troops of the Nigerian Army, on the heels of the kidnappers that struck the Zuma 1 area in the Bwari Area Council on the 2nd of January 2024, the FCT Police has rescued the victims and reunited them with their families.

“The operatives successfully rescued the victims around Kajuru forest in Kaduna State  at about 11:30 pm on Saturday, 20th January, 2024.

“While appreciating the Inspector 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 has brewed public confidence, the Commissioner of Police FCT Command CP Haruna G. Garba wishes to reiterate the commands 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.

“The CP 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.” 

In a related development, the FCT police command has refuted the story making the rounds that a kidnapping incident took place at River Park estate in the nation’s capital.

FCT PPRO, SP Josephine Adeh, also in a statement to newsmen, quoted the FCT Police Commissioner, Haruna Garba, as saying: “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.

“One Nnandi Agu ‘m’ of Games Village only faked his own kidnap in an attempt to defraud his brother who lives within the said Estate.

“The suspect is currently in police custody undergoing interrogation.

“While investigation is still ongoing, further development would be communicated to the public.”