EKO HOT BLOG reports that operatives of the Anti – kidnapping unit of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police command has foiled the kidnap of a clergyman, Ayuba Samuel, at Nuku community in Abaji area council of Abuja.
The FCT Police Commissioner, CP Sunday Babaji, disclosed this to newsmen at the command’s headquarters in Abuja over the weekend.
He said a notorious kidnapping gang leader, Malam Bala and one Abdullahi Aruwa a.k.a Juli were arrested during a covert operation at Atako forest, a neigboring village in Kuje area council of the FCT.
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“The suspects were arrested while perfecting plans toward executing the criminal act on how to abduct the clergyman at Nuku community in Abaji area council of Abuja,” he said.
According to him, the suspects equally revealed to the police team on how they have carried out several kidnapping for ransom operations in the territory.
The police Commissioner said two mobile phones with special lines were recovered from Mallam Bala, which he said the suspect used in communicating with other gang members while they perfected their plans.
He also said two Gionee mobile phones which he said the gang also used in contacting the families of their victims for ransom were also recovered from the second suspect, Abdullahi Aruwa.
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