Operatives of the Federal Capital Space Police Command have rescued a Burkina Faso nationwide, Sambo Labibo, from a infamous seize syndicate working throughout the Durumi Internally Displaced Individuals camp in Abuja.
Labibo was once kidnapped on March 14, 2025, and his captors demanded a ₦15 million ransom from his laborer.
In a commentary on Wednesday, FCT Police spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, stated officials from the Durumi Divisional Headquarters introduced a tactical operation upcoming receiving a misery file on March 18.
She defined that the police, in collaboration with the sufferer’s laborer, i’m ready a lure for the abductors, prominent to their arrest as they arrived on the designated ransom assortment level.
“The relentless efforts of the FCT Police Command in fighting crime and making sure the security of citizens have as soon as once more yielded effects.
“In a well-coordinated operation, operatives from the Durumi Division rescued Sambo Umar Labibo from the clutches of a notorious kidnap syndicate,” Adeh mentioned.
She known the arrested suspects as Ibrahim Umar, Hamza Buba, Muktar Mohammed, Masaud Abdullahi, and Moses Idoko, described as the crowd’s “medical director,” chargeable for treating each captives and gang participants.
Adeh added that upcoming their arrest, the suspects led the police to their hideout within the Durumi IDP camp, the place Labibo was once discovered and rescued unhurt.
She stated efforts had been ongoing to trace ailing alternative absconding participants of the syndicate.