Police Foil Planned Kidnapping, Armed Attack In Abuja Forest

Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command person foiled a planned kidnapping and equipped onslaught by suspected bandits successful Byazhin Forest, a suburb of Abuja, recovering an AK-47 firearm and 30 rounds of unrecorded ammunition during the operation.

The palmy operation, according to the police, was portion of ongoing efforts to combat the resurgence of banditry and kidnapping astir borderline communities successful the FCT, peculiarly Bwari, Kuje, and Gwagwalada wherever associated information patrols person precocious been intensified.

In a connection released connected Tuesday, the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, said the cognition followed credible quality provided by the Force Headquarters’ Technical Intelligence Unit, which revealed that a notorious bandit leader, identified arsenic Idrisa, besides known arsenic “Mai Duna”, had concluded plans to motorboat simultaneous attacks connected selected villages astir the Byazhin wood axis.

“Acting swiftly connected the quality report, connected 10th October 2025, astatine astir 9:00 p.m., the Command’s Anti-Kidnapping Unit deployed tactical teams to equine an ambush on the suspected routes of the criminals,” the connection read.

At astir 1:00 a.m. connected October 11, constabulary operatives reportedly intercepted 2 groups of equipped bandits advancing towards the targeted area, resulting successful a fierce weapon duel that lasted for astir 20 minutes.

The connection said the bandits were overpowered and forced to retreat into the wood with gunshot wounds, portion reinforcement teams were instantly deployed from adjacent constabulary and subject formations.

“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,” Adeh added.

The Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, was said to person commended the operatives for their gallantry and speedy response, noting that their enactment averted what could person been a large information breach wrong the nation’s capital.

“He further directed each aesculapian facilities wrong the FCT and adjoining states to beryllium connected alert and study immoderate idiosyncratic recovered with gunshot wounds to the nearest constabulary enactment immediately,” the connection added.

The FCT, which houses Nigeria’s spot of power, has precocious faced expanding information threats, particularly from bandit groups operating from forested borderline areas.

In response, the FCT Police Command, successful collaboration with subject formations and section vigilante groups, has intensified associated operations aimed astatine dismantling transgression hideouts successful forests linking Abuja and Niger State.