Kidnapping: FCT police boss deploys riot policemen in border towns - Punch Newspapers

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The new Commissioner of Police in the Federal Capital Territory, Sunday Babaji, has deployed riot policemen in border towns of the nation’s capital.

He explained that kidnappers from surrounding states, especially Kogi, were abducting people and running back to their hideouts, noting that the deployment was to strengthen security in the capital.He said, “We have some cases of abductions in Abuja but they were perpetrated by kidnappers from the surrounding states, particularly Kogi. They come in to abduct people and take them away to their hideouts. So, I have deployed Mobile Policemen to the border areas to stop this criminal incursion.

“I will consolidate on the legacies of my predecessor by ensuring that we enhance proactive intelligence-based crime-fighting strategies to nip crime in the bud within the FCT.”

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