The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested four suspected kidnappers and criminal collaborators, including an alleged arms supplier to bandits, during a clearance operation targeting criminal hideouts in border communities of the FCT.
The Command stated in a post on X Saturday, that the suspects were apprehended on July 5, 2026, during coordinated operations in remote communities across Kwali, Abaji and Kuje Area Councils.
The operation, led by the FCT Police Command’s Anti-Kidnapping Unit and supported by other security agencies, also dismantled kidnappers’ camps and destroyed their hideouts in the Nago Forest in Kuje Area Council.
The arrested suspects were identified as Bello Abdullahi, Shuaibu Iliya, Idris Abubakar and Misbahu Isa.
Police said investigations revealed that Isa was an arms dealer who supplied ammunition to kidnappers and bandits operating in Niger, Kaduna and Kogi states.
During the operation, Isa reportedly led operatives to Zuba Motor Park, where officers recovered 42 rounds of live 7.62mm ammunition concealed inside his Volkswagen Golf saloon car, which he allegedly used as a commercial taxi.
According to the police, preliminary investigations showed the suspect recently supplied more than 20,000 rounds of live ammunition to wanted bandits and kidnappers and received N3 million for the transaction.
The operation also led to the recovery of a cache of suspected illicit drugs and other exhibits, including codeine-based cough syrups, tramadol tablets and capsules, cannabis suspected to be Indian hemp, a magazine loaded with six rounds of 7.62mm ammunition, N170,000 cash, a mobile phone, assorted clothing, a torchlight and a national identity slip.
The FCT Police Command said the arrests underscore its sustained efforts to dismantle kidnapping networks and disrupt the supply chains of arms and illicit drugs fueling violent crimes within the Federal Capital Territory and neighbouring states.
