The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has uncovered a disturbing case of alleged unlawful detention and inhumane treatment, rescuing a 36-year-old woman, Grace Aniekuoku, who was reportedly chained and locked inside a room for more than one year and four months. The operation, carried out by officers of the Katampe Division, followed a distress …
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested four suspected members of a criminal network linked to kidnapping and banditry operations, in what authorities described as another significant breakthrough in the ongoing fight against violent crime in and around Abuja. The suspects, identified as Yahaya Abdullahi, Muhammed Yunusa, Hauwa Shafiu and Shamsudeen Mustapha, were …
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has dismantled a notorious armed robbery syndicate operating across Abuja. Authorities arrested 13 suspects and recovered weapons, ammunition, and a stolen vehicle. This was revealed in a statement issued on February 13, 2026, signed by SP Josephine Adeh, Police Public Relations Officer of the FCT Police Command, Abuja, …
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested three suspected members of a notorious “one-chance” armed robbery syndicate in connection with the brutal murder of a legal practitioner, Barrister Princess Chigbo Nwamaka Mediatrix, in Abuja. The arrest marks a significant breakthrough in the Command’s ongoing crackdown on violent crime and follows a directive by …
If Abuja’s roads are modern but its homes unsafe, if its bridges are grand but its residents are killed in their bedrooms, then progress remains hollow. The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) today boasts a new network of roads, flyovers, and modern infrastructure, the handiwork of an administration determined to stamp its mark on the nation’s …
By Esther Ososanya The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has apprehended three suspects linked to the shocking murder and robbery of Mr. Azubuko Nwakama, a staff member of Liberty Radio, After a painstaking year-long investigation. The attack, which took place on June 14, 2024, at Panteka Market in Mpape, Abuja, had left the community …
By Esther Ososanya In a disturbing case of betrayal and manipulation, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested two sisters and their two accomplices for staging a fake kidnapping in a bid to extort ₦5 million from their own father. The suspects, including 16-year-old Lead Way Innocent, her elder sister Joy Innocent, Mr …
