Men of the Special Intervention Squad, FCT Police Command, have killed three notable bandits in a forest within the Bwari area of the nation’s capital.
It was gathered that the bandits were neutralized in the early hours of Friday, January 26 2024, at about 2 am, in a forest connecting the FCT to Kaduna State.
Reports say, the gang leader, Mai Gemu famously identified as Godara, who, alongside his gang members have been terrorizing the FCT and neighboring states, was among the three bandits killed in the operation.
Addressing newsmen, the Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclosed the development in Abuja on Friday during the parade of about 20 criminal suspects arrested for various offences across the country.
“We’ve recorded another significant stride towards fortifying the security landscape in the Federal Capital Territory following the recent launch of the Special Intervention Squad under the command of the Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun.
The SIS, in the early hours of Friday neutralises one of the most wanted kidnap kingpins, Mai Gemu aka Godara and two other members of his gang in an exchange of gunfire in the Bwari area of Abuja in a forest linking Abuja with Kaduna State.” Adejobi, added.
The police spokesperson stated that the Federal Capital Territory Police Special Intervention Squad had taken over a major route in Usafa, Bwari Area Council, used by bandits to transport their victims out of Abuja into neighboring states of Kaduna, Niger, Nasarawa, and Kogi.
