FCT wanted kidnap kingpin Saidu Abdulkadir in police net

By Tayo ABIODUN

Saidu Abubakar, one of the most wanted and deadly kidnapping kingpins terrorising Abuja and environs has been arrested.

The arrested kidnap kingpin is one of the three wanted kidnap kingpins were declared missing after narrowly escaping a raid operation of the Special Intervention Squad, the IRT, and the Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the FCT Command.

Spokesman of FCT Command, SP Josephine Adeh, announced that the wanted kingpin was arrested when the police operatives attached to the Anti-kidnapping Unit of the Command raided two kidnappers’ camps bordering Nasarawa and Abuja via Kuje area council.

“During the raid, the police dislodged the camps and arrested one Saidu Abdulkadir, popularly known as (Dahiru Adamu), who is the gang leader and one of the wanted suspects of the kidnapping syndicate paraded by the Police Command on 14th February 2024.

“The bandits, on sighting the police operatives, opened fire and engaged the police in an intense gun duel and were eventually overpowered by the police.

The PPRO said, “One Habu Yakubu and Isufu Abubakar, earlier abducted from Kwaita village via Pegi district of Kuje area council, were rescued unhurt and the suspect arrested.

“Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect masterminded the kidnap and killing of one Mr Sunday Yahaya Zakwai, the district head of Ketti village.

“While efforts are ongoing to apprehend the other wanted suspects on the run, CP Benneth Chinedum Igweh, the Commissioner of Police, wishes to warn criminals in the FCT that there is no hiding place for them.”