Operatives of the Special Intervention Squad, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command, have yet again killed three bandits in a forest within the Bwari area of Abuja, News About Nigeria reports.
The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this in Abuja on Friday during the parade of about 20 criminal suspects arrested for various offences across the country.
He noted that the bandits were killed in the early hours of Friday, January 26th, at about 2 a.m. in a forest linking Abuja to Kaduna State.
He stated that this was yet another significant stride made by the Special Intervention Squad, following its launch under the command of the Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, in ensuring that the security landscape in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) is secured and rid of crimes.
He further noted that one of the most wanted kidnapping kingpins, Mai Gemu, aka Godara, and two other members of his gang met their deaths when they engaged in an exchange of gunfire in the Bwari area of Abuja in a forest linking Abuja with Kaduna State.
The FCT Police Special Intervention Squad has, however, mounted guards on manor routes used by bandits to transport their victims out of Abuja into neighbouring states of Kaduna, Niger, Nasarawa, and Kogi, including the Usafa route in Bwari Area Council.
The Capital Territory has been facing an alarming increase in the rate of insecurity, including kidnappings and killings, which has grown to be a source of concern to both residents and authorities alike.
