It was a ground breaking success since Mr. Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun the Inspector-General of Police launch the Special Intervention Squad in the Federal Capital Territory two weeks ago.
The impressive security architecture of Abuja lead to the arrest of one hundred and thirty-nine suspects, recovery of three GPR Chargers, 2 AK-47 rifles, 1 Type-06, 4 locally fabricated guns, 1 Berretta pistol, 2 Makarov pistols, 4 locally fabricated pump action guns, 504 pieces of AK-47 ammunition, 100 pieces of AA ammunition, as well as the rescue of 154 kidnapped victims unhurt.
Prominent among the recent successes recorded is the interception of a group of persons along the Abuja-Kaduna expressway who were major suppliers of arms and ammunition to bandits operating in Niger, Zamfara, and Kaduna States.
In a more recent event, in the early hours of Friday 26th January, 2024, men of the fearless men of the Special Intervention Squad engaged some armed bandits within the FCT-Kaduna axis in a fierce gun battle and neutralised three of them including their gang leader, one Mai-Gemu (aka Gadoro). It is crystal clear that with this operation, the gang and its camp have been destroyed.
Operatives on the 21st of January 2024 arrested two major gun-running kingpins who had been supplying locally fabricated arms and various types of ammunition to several assailants operating in the North-Central region of the country. The squad also arrested 2 kidnappers in the Jikwoyi area of Abuja and recovered several arms and ammunition from them after overwhelming the gang in a gun battle which also led to the rescue of their kidnapped victim.
The police Boss while reiterating that the Squad will be launched beyond Abuja to other states across the country for effective security management in the country then ordered the tactical deployment of several operatives of the Squad to areas within the Federal Capital Territory still grappling with security breaches to combat every form of criminality that might surface.