The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has successfully arrested numerous criminal suspects implicated in a range of offenses, including culpable homicide, kidnapping, armed robbery, stealing, ‘one chance,’ illegal possession of firearms, cultism, and carjacking.
During a press briefing on Tuesday, FCT Commissioner of Police, Haruna Garba, disclosed that a total of 43 suspects were paraded, with 11 of them apprehended for their alleged participation in ‘one chance,’ seven linked to kidnapping and informant activities, one for cultism, and one suspected kidnapper who was killed in the process.
Garba revealed that the police operation led to the recovery of 30 pieces of ammunition, five firearms, and the retrieval of three stolen vehicles.
He stated, “On October 29, police operatives from Kabusa Division, acting on actionable intelligence, arrested one Obichukwu Elijah and Johnson Samuel, who stole and conspired to sell a Toyota Sienna car with Registration No. EPE 397 DP, property of one Friday Ogelenya. The suspects were apprehended while trying to sell off the said vehicle at Gudu mechanic area of Apo. Suspects confessed to their involvement in the crime and will be charged in court after the investigation.
“On October 24, following a report made by one Faith James at Trademore Division, that she boarded a green Peugeot vehicle with Reg. No. CK 202 GWA from ACO estate junction heading to Trademore and was robbed of her belongings, which included a cash sum of N110,000 by a purported commercial vehicle driver and her colleagues who pretended as genuine passengers. On receipt of the report, police operatives from the division swung into action, trailed, and arrested one Osai Donatus with the same vehicle in the process of committing the same act on another innocent passenger. The suspect confessed to his involvement in the crime and is assisting the Police to apprehend his other gang members at large.”
The Commissioner of Police also disclosed an incident on October 30, where operatives from Asokoro Division, on routine patrol along DSS Quarters Asokoro, observed a Vento Volkswagen car with Reg No. APP 307 GS, blue in colour, moving suspiciously.
The police intercepted the vehicle opposite Niger Barracks and arrested a five-man gang known as ‘’Open and Close,’’ including Lekan Adebayo (gang leader), Abraham Umukoro, Joseph Asobei, Blessing Gabriel (female), and Joy Livinus (female).
Garba explained, “During interrogation, suspects confessed to being a one-chance syndicate who specializes in carefully identifying and picking up their victims, taking them to an isolated area, robbing them of their valuables, and dropping them off at isolated locations. While searching the vehicle, police operatives discovered four bundles of wrapped paper cut to money size, four car keys, and other valuables were recovered from them.
He concluded that the suspects, along with others arrested, will be arraigned in court after a thorough investigation