The police in Abuja says its Special Intervention Squad has arrested another suspected kidnapper terrosising the city.
FCT police commissioner, Haruna Garba, told journalists on Wednesday that the suspect was arrested in Sauka village on January 21, and the kidnap victim rescued.
The police boss, however, did not reveal the identity of the suspect.
CP Garba explained that police operatives from Iddo Division received a distress call that some armed men in a black colour Toyota Corolla fired at the tyres of a moving Prado Jeep of one Suleiman Sabo.
He said Sabo, who was going to his house in Sabon Lugbe, was forced to stop and bundled into the kidnappers’ vehicle, leaving behind his Prado Jeep and his wife.
Garba said the police operatives were able to trace and arrest the suspect.
“The effort paid off on January 21 when the DPO received information that something abnormal was happening in a particular house at Sauka village.
“The DPO moved in and cordoned the house, behold, the kidnapped victim was found with the suspect, armed with a Mark IV rifle and 10 rounds of live ammunition.
“He was promptly arrested, and the arm recovered from him. The victim was rescued but with gunshot injuries,” the CP said.
Garba noted that the victim has been admitted to hospital and is responding to treatment.
According to him, since the inauguration of the special intervention squad, there has been no report of kidnapping in the Bwari axis of the FCT.
He said all identified bandits’ routes, especially in Bwari Area Council, had been blocked by the police, adding that many suspected kidnappers and armed robbers had been arrested and their victims rescued.
Garba added that several arms and live ammunition were recovered, including vehicles taken away from victims.
