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Five kidnap suspects arrested in FCT

Five suspected kidnappers alleged to be involved in the series of abductions at Kiyi village and other communities in Abuja have been arrested by the police.

This was contained in a statement titled ‘Police arrest suspected kidnappers, recover firearms’, released by the FCT Police Command Public Relations Officer, Maryam Yusuf.

Yusuf said the suspects were arrested at Kuje and Daki-Biu areas of Abuja between Friday and Sunday during coordinated operations by operatives from Dawaki Division and the Command’s Anti-Kidnap Squad.

The suspects were identified as Abdullahi Haruna, Haruna Musa, Iliyasu Adamu, Michael Paul and Salisu Abdullahi.

Part of the statement read, “The FCT Police Command has arrested five suspects at Kuje and Daki-Biu for being linked to the recent kidnappings at Kiyi village.

“The suspects, who confessed to be supplying logistics to the kidnap syndicate operating in Kiyi village, were found to be in possession of two AK-47 rifles, one Bajaj motorcycle and 30 rounds of live 7.62mm ammunition.

“The suspects were arrested during coordinated intelligent operations between Friday 26th-Sunday 28th March 2021 by Police operatives from Dawaki Division and the Command’s Anti-Kidnapping Squad. Effort is underway to arrest other members of the syndicate.”

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