IGP Mohammed A Adamu Police
IGP Mohammed A Adamu Police Boss
Police Eliminate 9 Notorious Abuja-Kaduna Expressway
Kidnappers
Police Operatives Recover 6 Ak47 Rifles, 1 Pump Action Gun,
1,206 Rounds Of Ak47 Ammunition, 7 Magazines, 28 Cartridges And 158
Expended Shells
The unrelenting efforts to root-out criminal elements
terrorizing commuters along Abuja – kaduna expressway recorded
additional successes on 10th April, 2019, with the recovery of six
(6) Ak47 Rifles, one (1) Pump Action Gun, One Thousand, Two Hundred
and Six (1,206) rounds of Ak47 Ammunition, Seven (7) Magazines,
Twenty-Eight (28) Cartridges and One Hundred and Fifty-Eight (158)
expended shells by Police operatives attached to Operation Puff
adder deployed to the area.
The recovery followed a serious exchange of gun fire encounter,
between the police operatives and a heavily armed notorious
criminal gang at the Akilbu Forest, off Abuja-Kaduna Expressway ,
which resulted in the death of nine (9) members of the gang while
two (2) escaped with gunshot wounds. One of the police operatives
however sustained gunshot wound and he is presently receiving
treatment in a hospital. Effort is being intensified to arrest the
fleeing members of the gang.
While expressing satisfaction with the successes recorded so far
in the fight against kidnapping and other heinous crimes across the
Country, the Inspector General Police, Ag. IGP M. A. Adamu NPM mni
reiterates his call for support by the public to the Police and
other sister agencies, as he gives the assurance that the war
against armed bandits will soon be won.
DCP FRANK MBA
FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER
FORCE HEADQUARTERS
ABUJA