Police foil kidnapping attempt at Kubwa forest

By Kingsley Omonobi

The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Command said, yesterday that its operatives foiled a kidnapping and equipped onslaught successful Abuja, recovering an AK-47 firearm and ammunition during a coordinated cognition astatine Byazhin Forest.

Spokesman, Josephine Adeh said the cognition was portion of sustained efforts to guarantee the information and information of residents of the FCT.

She said: “The cognition followed credible quality received from the Technical Intelligence Unit, TIU, Force Headquarters, indicating an imminent onslaught wrong the FCT.

‘”The quality revealed that a notorious bandit leader, identified arsenic Idrisa, besides known arsenic “Mai Duna,” had concluded plans to motorboat simultaneous attacks connected handpicked colony settlements astir Byazhin wood Area of the FCT.

“Acting swiftly connected the quality report, connected October 10, 2025, astatine 9 p.m., the Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the Command deployed tactical teams, mounting a strategical ambush on the identified routes of the bandits.

“About 1a.m., connected October 11, 2025, the constabulary operatives sighted a ample radical of heavy equipped bandits advancing toward the country successful 2 groups.

“The squad engaged the criminals successful a fierce weapon duel that lasted 20 minutes.

“Despite beardown resistance, the operatives overpowered the assailants, forcing them to retreat into the adjacent wood with gunshot wounds.”

“Following the encounter, reinforcement was promptly deployed from adjacent Police and Military formations, portion further constabulary units secured the wide country and blocked imaginable flight routes.
“A thorough hunt of the country led to the betterment of 1 AK-47 firearm with a defaced serial number, 1 magazine, and 30 rounds of unrecorded 7.6mm ammunition.”

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