SHOCKER: More bandits arrested in Abuja as military continues clearance operations

  • Nigerian military troops in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, have sustained their crackdown on criminal elements
  • In the latest operation in the Nigerian capital, five suspected kidnappers were nabbed by the troops
  • The military and other security agencies have sustained the peace in the nation’s capital despite exaggerated reports by diplomats

FCT, Abuja – The Nigerian military says its troops arrested five suspected kidnappers in their hideout at Kassanki village in Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, while on fighting patrol on Friday, December 16.

This was disclosed by the Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami at a press briefing attended by a Legit.ng reporter at the Defence Headquarters on Thursday, December 22.