Police authorities, in partnership with other security agencies, have recorded major successes in their sustained efforts to crack down on violent crimes in the country.
The latest is the rescue of abducted persons, the killing of suspected kidnappers, and the recovery of large caches of illegal firearms and ammunition in Delta and Katsina states.
A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, says that in Katsina State, a major success was recorded on June 8, 2025, when a combined JTF comprising police operatives and other security agencies foiled a kidnap attempt along the Danmusa–Mara Dangeza village road in Danmusa Local Government Area (LGA).
Adejobi said this was possible by engaging a group of armed bandits attempting to flee with kidnapped victims in a gun battle that led to the rescue of eleven victims.
Meanwhile, in the South-South region, Delta State, to be specific, police authorities arrested one Abubakar Hassan, who is a key suspect in an interstate kidnapping syndicate operating within Delta, Rivers, Imo, and Enugu states.
The officers attached to the CP-Special Assignment Team did so while acting on credible intelligence.
During interrogation, Hassan confessed to leading operations along the Ughelli-Ozoro axis of the oil-rich state.
He also led police operatives to his hideout in a forest in Ozoro. There, officers recovered two AK-47 rifles, four magazines, and thirty-two rounds of live ammunition.
Last week, security agents killed four suspected kidnappers in a joint operation between the police and local hunters.
The raid also led to the recovery of an AK-47 rifle and live ammunition. It was a coordinated offensive that began in the early hours of Tuesday, June 4th, around 3 a.m., as intelligence reports pointed to the presence of suspected kidnappers operating along the Abraka railway axis.
