The Nigeria Police Force has intensified the crackdown on various sorts of organized crime and crimes against person, particularly human trafficking and kidnapping.
This is in furtherance of the IGP’s directive on the due implementation of Police’s action plan for the year 2025, Force Public Relations Officer ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi said in a statement on Sunday.
He said police operatives attached to the Kaduna State Command, on the 31st of January 2025, at about 7pm, apprehended three persons identified as Samson Peter, 25, Haruna Duniya, 45, and Abdulazaq Olawole, 58.
The suspects were arrested while trafficking 13 victims to Oyo State in an unmarked vehicle. The victims were rescued, and the investigation is still ongoing.
Similarly, on January 29 2025, Police operatives of the Ogun State Command carried out a covert operation and located the den of kidnappers responsible for an earlier reported abduction on January 25 2025.
Upon sighting the operatives, the gang engaged the Police operatives in a gun duel. The confrontation led to the neutralization of five of the gang members and the successful rescue of the three kidnapped victims, with the recovery of some arms and ammunition of various calibres, three mobile phones and the cash sum of N5.2 million. Also recovered, were the vehicles of the kidnapped victims.
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, Ph.D., NPM., commends the operatives for their exhibition of gallantry, dedication to duty and patriotism.
The IGP further encourages all Police Officers to remain relentless towards the goal of achieving peace and reassures members of the public that the Police Force remains committed to effectively combatting all security threats.
