NIGERIA POLICE FORCE HAS MADE MAJOR STRIDES IN COMBATTING KIDNAPPING AND GUNRUNNING, WITH SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONS IN ABIA AND NASARAWA STATES LEADING TO THE RESCUE OF FOUR KIDNAPPED VICTIMS, THE NEUTRALIZATION OF SEVEN CRIMINALS, AND THE SEIZURE OF FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION.
ON MARCH 14, 2025, ABIA STATE POLICE COMMAND, ACTING ON CREDIBLE INTELLIGENCE, LOCATED AND RAIDED A KIDNAPPERS’ HIDEOUT IN OSOKWA, OSISIOMA LGA. THE OPERATION RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF SIX SUSPECTS AND THE RESCUE OF FOUR VICTIMS UNHARMED. THE POLICE ALSO RECOVERED TWO AK-47 RIFLES, SIX MAGAZINES, AND AMMUNITION.
IN A SIMILAR SUCCESS, NASARAWA STATE POLICE, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ARMY AND LOCAL VIGILANTE GROUPS, NEUTRALIZED THE NOTORIOUS KIDNAPPER ABDULLAHI “HONOR” DURING A JOINT SECURITY OPERATION IN AKWANGA. THE SUSPECT WAS KILLED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ESCAPE, AND A SEARCH LED TO THE SEIZURE OF A BERETTA PISTOL AND AMMUNITION.
IGP KAYODE AGBETOKUN PRAISED THE POLICE FOR THEIR EFFECTIVE EFFORTS AND CONTINUED DEDICATION TO COMBATTING CRIMINALITY. HE ALSO ISSUED A STERN WARNING TO ALL CRIMINALS, VOWING TO PURSUE AND DISMANTLE CRIMINAL NETWORKS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
