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Police arrest gang supplying arms to Abuja kidnappers, man who faked own kidnap

Men of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police have arrested a gang of criminals who supply firearms and other logistics to kidnappers terrorizing the nation’s capital.

PRNigeria gathered that the suspects regularly collected and then supplied arms and ammunition to kidnappers operating around Bwari and Tungan Maje axis.

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In a related development, a 35-year-old man who staged his ‘fake’ abduction by kidnappers, has been arrested in his hideout.

Investigation revealed the suspect connived with his wife in planning the fake kidnapping incident to compel his company to pay a ransom to sustain his family.

A top police officer involved in the operations told PRNigeria that all the suspects would be paraded by the FCT commissioner of Police, Mr. Bala Ciroma after the completion of investigations.

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