- Police arrested three notorious kidnap suspects linked to a spate of deadly abductions in Abuja.
- The suspects, reportedly confessed to multiple kidnappings and murders, including the 2024 killing of a pastor in Mpape.
- Exhibits recovered from the scene included a long knife and various charms.
Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command have arrested three notorious kidnap suspects linked to a spate of deadly abductions in Abuja and neighboring states.
According to a statement signed by the Force PPRO, Abuja Command, SP Josephine Adeh, on Thursday, the suspects, 27 years old Ya’u Shittu from Kaduna State; 30 years old Sale Usman from Niger State; and 28 years old Ibrahim Abdullahi from Abuja, were captured during sting operations carried out between June 13 and 18, 2025, in Kaduna, Niger, and Nasarawa states by the Command’s elite Scorpion Squad.