An investigation into Tuesday night's security breach occasioned by armed robbery, shootings, as well as the abduction of some persons in the Kubwa Relocation Estate, off Arab Road area of the FCT.

This comes after Federal Capital Territory Police Command officers rescued three kidnap victims. They also recovered three firearms and ammunition, including one AK-47 riffle, 25 rounds of ammunition.

Josephine Adeh (command spokesperson) stated in a statement that an initial investigation had revealed that on Wednesday, December 6, around 7:30 PM, armed criminals entered the Kubwa Relocation Estate, shot two victims, one Abel popularly known as Oshodi and another simply identified as Abdulwahab.

Adeh added;

“The suspects while departing the scene, left with four victims possibly to enable them evade arrest by the approaching police response team deployed to the area on quick intervention.

“The two gunshot victims were immediately rushed to the hospital for medical attention but unfortunately, one of them, Oshodi could not survive as he was confirmed dead by the doctor, while Abdulwahab is still being attended to.”

Sunday Babaji, the Commissioner of Police, called for calm and said that the command had deployed intelligence and other operational asset to strengthen security in Kubwa and the surrounding areas.

Babaji stated that since then, investigations have been initiated to identify and bring to book the suspects to determine their motives and mission.

The command urged the public to be vigilant and report any suspicious or untoward circumstances immediately by calling the following numbers: 08032003913, 08061581938, 07057337653, and 08028940883, while the Public Complaint Bureau Desk can be reached on 0902 222 2352.