FCT Police Storm Kidnapping Hideout in Abuja, Arrest Pregnant Suspect, Three Others
Police said one suspect was pregnant and later delivered a baby in custody as investigators recovered motorcycles, tramadol tablets, cash and phones.
- Police in the Federal Capital Territory arrested four suspects and dismantled a kidnapping camp in the Paze-Byazhin hills of the Bwari Area Council on June 11, following an anti-kidnapping operation led by the FCT Police Commissioner.
- Abuja has witnessed a rise in violent abductions, particularly in outlying communities like Bwari, where difficult terrain and porous borders with Kaduna and Niger states provide safe havens for criminal groups.
- Officers recovered four motorcycles, 31 pieces of 500mg tramadol tablets, N320,000 cash, five phones, and a POS machine from the camp, where suspect Hauwa Shafiu served as logistics supplier and cook.
- Police commissioner Ahmed Mohammed Sanusi confirmed that Shafiu, who was pregnant at arrest, delivered a healthy baby while in custody and is receiving medical care alongside the newborn.
- Investigations into the wider criminal network continue as authorities work to dismantle the structure, with the four suspects set to face court proceedings upon conclusion of the ongoing police inquiry.
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Pregnant woman arrested for supplying logistics to...
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command on Monday paraded a suspected kidnappers’ informant as well as two other suspects in Paze-Byazhin, Bwari Area Council of the Territory. FCT police commissioner, CP Ahmed Mohammed Sanusi, disclosed this during a press briefing at the command. He said the arrest followed anti-kidnapping and rescue operation he led on the 9th of June, 2026 in Paze – Byazhin area of Bwari Area Council of the FCT. He…
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