The Inspector-General of Police Special Intervention Squad (IGP-SIS) has revealed that it has arrested 139 suspects and recovered several arms and ammunition within two weeks of its launch.
The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi made this known in a statement on Friday.
TheFact Daily recalls that the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, who, on Wednesday, 17th January 2024, inaugurated a Special Intervention Squad (SIS) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to address the increasing rate of crime in the territory, said the squad possesses the capacity for rapid intervention and effective containment of significant security breaches like those currently threatening the suburb of the FCT.
Among the arms recovered by operatives of the squad include 3 GPR Chargers, 2 AK-47 rifles, 1 Type-06, 4 locally fabricated guns, 1 Berretta pistol, 2 Makarov pistols, 4 locally fabricated pump action guns, 504 pieces of AK-47 ammunition and 100 pieces of AA ammunition. Their operations also led to the rescue of 154 kidnapped victims unhurt.
The squad also takes credit for the interception of a group of persons along the Abuja-Kaduna expressway who were major suppliers of arms and ammunition to bandits operating in Niger, Zamfara, and Kaduna States.
Additionally, and most recently, in the early hours of Friday 26th January 2024, men of the IGP-SIS engaged some armed bandits within the FCT-Kaduna axis in a fierce gun battle and neutralised 3 of them including their gang leader, one Mai-Gemu (aka Gadoro).
The IGP-SIS operatives on the 21st of January 2024 arrested 2 major gun-running kingpins who had been supplying locally fabricated arms and various types of ammunition to several assailants operating in the North-Central region of the country.
The squad also arrested 2 kidnappers in the Jikwoyi area of the FCT and recovered several arms and ammunition from them after overwhelming the gang in a gun battle which also led to the rescue of their kidnapped victim.
Meanwhile, IGP Egbetokun has ordered the tactical deployment of several operatives of the IGP-SIS to areas within the FCT still grappling with security breaches to combat every form of criminality that might surface and has further reiterated that the SIS will be launched beyond the FCT to other States across the country for effective security management.
