The Federal Capital Territory Police Command have killed three notorious kidnap kingpins in a gun battle, rescued victims and recorded major breakthroughs against robbery and drug syndicates in Abuja.
The Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, CP Ajao Adewale, disclosed this while briefing journalists on Friday at the Command headquarters.
Adewale described the operations as proof of the police’s resilience, strong inter-agency collaboration, and community support.
He said the officers stormed a kidnapper’s hideout in Zinda Forest near the Nigerian Army Estate, Kurudu, on September 18, engaging the gang in a fierce shootout.
The gang leader, Abdullahi Umar (alias Duna), and his lieutenants, Buba Ahmadi (Killer) and Habi Sule (Mai-Kudi), were killed.
Recovered items included two AK-49 rifles, magazines loaded with seven rounds of ammunition, ATM cards, phones, charms, and ₦10,000 cash.
Investigations linked the gang to multiple abductions in Guzape, Karu, Kurudu, and parts of Nasarawa. Their plot to abduct a resident of Federal Housing Estate, Karu, was foiled by the raid.