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FCTA Task-force in Collaboration With Police Cracks Down On Criminals Hideouts, Arrests 85 Suspects, Seize Exbits
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FCTA task-force in collaboration with police Cracks Down On Criminals hideouts Arrests 85 Suspects, Seize Exbits.
By Aisha Musa
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police command has launched a crackdown on abandoned buildings and undeveloped plots of land in Abuja, which have become hideouts for criminals.
Federal capital territory, FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has set up a Special Task Force to target suspects and criminals hiding in these areas.
The task force will collaborate with other security agencies to identify and clear these criminal hideouts.
According to the Director of Security Services, Adamu Gwary, the task force will focus on uncompleted structures, abandoned plots of land, and buildings identified as hideouts for miscreants.
Gwary stated that the police have begun daily raids on identified hotspots as part of ongoing efforts to protect public infrastructure and ensure safety for residents.
“The Commissioner of Police in FCT has been mandated to work with his colleagues to form a task team to that effect.
“They have made a submission on Tuesday to the Minister on financing the exercise, which will not only cover pantaker markets, but locations where scavengers are hibernating.
“These included uncompleted and abandoned structures and any other location that intelligence revealed as a hibernating point for miscreants”, he said.
The FCT Security Committee has identified vandalism, one-chance robberies, petty theft, and kidnapping as some of the challenges posed by these criminal hideouts.
To address these concerns, the FCTA has directed the Commissioner of Police in FCT to work with other security agencies to clear these areas.
The exercise, expected to be completed within the next few weeks, will also cover locations where scavengers are hiding.
Additionally, the FCTA Land Department is conducting a census of all undeveloped lands in Abuja, as directed by Wike.
Owners of undeveloped plots of land have been directed to develop their lands or risk having their allocations revoked.
This measure is expected to significantly address security concerns relating to undeveloped plots of land, growing bushes, and hideouts for criminals.
While the FCT police command with the order of minister burst criminals hideouts, arrests 85 suspects and seized stolen exhibit.
