By Dwelleth Morountodun
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has admitted that some of the victims that were kidnapped on Sunday, February 2nd at Kwali, few kilometers to Abuja are still in the hands of their abductors.
DSP Anjuguri Manzah, the FCT Police Spokesperson, said in a statement made available to the media on Monday night, said the Command is however making concerted effort to rescue the victims and arrest the suspects.
He said the Police operatives while responding to a distress call on Sunday, 2nd at about 5. 30 PM (1700 hours) in Piri Kwali, along Abuja-Lokoja express road.
He explained that the operatives arrested four 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.
He said 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, Mohammadu Usman, Umar Usman and Usman Ibrahim all of Kamadi village kwali, he said.
Exhibits recovered from the suspects according to him, are: one Dane gun, two cutlasses, one iron bar and one AK 47 ammunition shell.
Meanwhile, the Command is making concerted effort to rescue the victims and arrest the suspects.