Mr. Ben Igweh the Federal Capital Territory Police Command in a media briefing assured the Abuja residents to always give reasonable informations to the police for proper policing.
The winner of the recent Inspector General Recognition Award emphasized that anyone living inside Abuja city should be ready to be crime free or face the music.
On this note, he reeled out some achievements made so far by the command which are as follows:-
ARREST OF CULPABLE HOMICIDE SUSPECT: Following the report of the gruesome murder of an elderly couple by name; Adebola Ezekiel, 80 years and his wife Abiodun Ezekiel, 79 years in their residence in Apo legislative quarters, on 1st April, 2024,. The operatives of the command in response commenced an immediate discreet investigation. The investigation led to the arrest of one Jonathan Marcus, a former driver to the deceased couple. He was trailed to and arrested in his hideout in Obajana, Kogi state, after committing the grievous crime. The suspect freely confessed to have gained access to the house on the same date, slit the deceased throat and made away with the phones and ATM cards of the couples. Suspect will be charged to court soon.
Similarly, on Thursday 11th of April, 2024 following a tip off, the police operatives from Mabushi Division arrested two suspects namely; Sadiya Abubakar and Mohammed Jibrin while they were discreetly conveying the corpse of one Bilkisu Mohammed. The deceased had earlier visited the house of her supposed boyfriend, one Abbas Ramalan who eventually travelled to Kano and left her in the care of the above-named female suspect. The deceased allegedly fell ill and was given non-prescribed drugs by Mohammed Jibrin which led to her death. Both suspects are in custody undergoing interrogations and will be charged to court at the conclusion of investigations.
ARREST OF ARMED ROBBERY SUSPECTS AND RECOVERY OF ARMS AND AMMUNITIONS
On Saturday 6th of April, 2024, police operatives from Utako Divisional Headquarter in a well-coordinated operation, arrested nine armed robbery suspects namely;
Chukwuemeka oputa, A.K.A Pounds & dollars 38 yrs, Rafael Dav ‘m’ 28 yrs, Thomas Akange ‘m’ 38 yrsA, dekunle Desmond 41 yrsO, gundipe Ayotunde 38 yrs, Alexander Kingsley A.K.A Tampolo 29yrs, Moses Hassan A.K.A Khalsa 28 yrs, Apollo Danjuma 54 years.
During interrogation, suspects freely confessed to be part of an armed robbery gang responsible for a series of robberies and other heinous crimes in Federal Capital Territory. Four (4) locally fabricated AK 47 rifles, Three (3) locally fabricated cartridge rifles, one (1) English pistol, one (1) Dane gun, three (3) live rounds of 7.62mm ammunition, one (1) live round of 5.56mm ammunition and an empty cartridge was recovered from the suspects. Suspects will be arraigned in court soon.
ARREST OF NOTORIOUS ARMED ROBBERS AND RECOVERY OF EXHIBITS: On 09/04/2024 at about 1100pm, Police operatives from on routine crime prevention patrol at Durumi IDP Camp intercepted three (3) suspected armed robbers namely:
Ali Isuwa
Mathew Yohanna
Ahmed Mohammed
They were arrested in possession of one English made pistol and madza Vehicle with registration Number RBC 117 EV. Suspect who confessed to the crime will be charged to court at the conclusion of investigation
ARREST OF ROBBERY SUSPECTS/RECOVERY OF EXHIBITS
On 07/04/2024, at about 4:00 PM, following the report of the theft of a phone at An Nur mosque in Wuse 2, police operatives from Maitama Division swung into action by activating the tracking of the phone which led the operatives to a location in Wuse, where the phone was recovered in an apartment housing five (5) suspects namely;
Ibrahim Adamu
Muhammed Isa
Abdul Ussaini
Abdulgafar Sidi Muktar and
Muhammed Ya’u
They were arrested with twenty-seven (27) other phones believed to have been stolen from innocent residents. A Mercedes Benz C300, black in colour without Reg No. and other valuables was also recovered from them. Suspect will be charged to court at the conclusion of investigation.
Igweh gave a strong warning to criminals to leave Abuja or face the wrath of the law. He then urged residents to report anyone that looks like a criminal to the police.
