From Molly Kilete, Abuja
The Police Force headquarters in Abuja, said its operatives attached to the Kaduna State Command, has arrested three suspects while trafficking 13 victims to Oyo State in an unmarked vehicle.
Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumiyiwa Adejobi, said the suspects:Samson Peter,25, Haruna Duniya, 45, and Abdulazaq Olawole, 58, were arrested on January 31, 2025, at about 7pm.
Adejobi, in a statement, said the operation is part of police ongoing efforts to strengthen national security and crackdown on various sorts of organized crime and crimes against person, particularly human trafficking and kidnapping.
Adejobi, said “In furtherance of the IGP’s directive on the due implementation of Police’s action plan for the year 2025,
“Similarly, on January 29 2025, Police operatives of the Ogun State Command carried out a covert operation and located the den of kidnappers responsible for an earlier reported abduction on January 25,2025. Upon sighting the operatives, the gang engaged them in a gun duel.
“The confrontation led to the neutralization of five of the gang members and the successful rescue of the three kidnapped victims, with the recovery of some arms and ammunition of various calibres, three mobile phones and the cash sum of N5.2 million. Also recovered, were the vehicles of the kidnapped victims.