The FCT Police Command has lost a police Inspector, Ambi John attached to Operation Puff Adder while trying to repel kidnappers along Dankusa, Angwan-Zegele-Zuba axis in Abuja.
According to a statement issued on Tuesday by the Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Yusuf Mariam, the deceased who sustained fatal gunshot wounds died while receiving treatment in the hospital.
“Following a distress call from Angwan Zegele, a joint team of Police Operatives from the Command and Operation Puff Adder responded promptly as they engaged the heavily armed hoodlums in a fierce gun battle,” the statement partly read.
Unfortunately, one of the gallant officers one Inspector Ambi John attached to Operation Puff Adder sustained fatal gunshot injuries during the operation and was rushed to the hospital where he died while receiving treatment.”
The PPRO said the Command had launched an operation to rescue four persons abducted from Dankusa by the hoodlums who escaped into the forest bordering the FCT and Niger.
According to her, operatives from the Command’s Anti-Kidnapping Squad have, however, made some arrests in connection with the abduction.
She said the Commissioner of Police (CP) in charge of FCT, Mr Bala Ciroma had commiserated with the family of the officer who paid the ultimate price in the service of the nation.
She urged residents of the FCT to report all suspicious movements, emergency or distress to the command on 08032003913, 08061581938, 07057337653 and 08028940883.
She said the conduct of police officers could be reported to the Public Complaint Bureau (PCB) on 09022222352.
