Police arrest kidnappers of bus passengers in Abuja

By Danmaryam Zayamu

The Police in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have arrested four members of the syndicate that kidnapped bus passengers on Sunday.

Expressday recalls that a bus filled with passengers was forced to stop and some passengers were kidnapped at Piri along Kwali expressway in the FCT.

A statement by the FCT Command spokesman, Manzah Anjuguri, disclosed that some of the passengers have been rescued while some are still with the kidnappers.

“Police operatives from FCT Command, while responding to a distress call on Sunday, February 2, 2020, at about 1730hrs, in Piri Kwali expressway, arrested 4 suspected kidnappers, whose syndicate (now at large) fired several shots at a Toyota Previa bus and kidnapped some of its passengers after the bus was forced to stop.

“While some of the passengers were rescued by the joint effort of the police and some youths of the nearby community, others are still with the kidnappers.

“The four suspects arrested by the police operatives are: Shuaibu Sule ‘m’ 27 years, Mohammadu Usman ‘m’ 25 years, Umar Usman ‘m’ 19 years and Usman Ibrahim ‘m’ 20 years all of Kamadi village in Kwali.

“Exhibits recovered from the suspects are: one Dane gun, two cutlasses, one iron bar, and one AK 47 ammunition shell,” the statement revealed.

The statement further noted that the FCT Police Command “is making concerted effort to rescue the victims and arrest the suspects.”