FCT Police Arrest Five Suspects Including Pregnant Woman in Abuja Kidnapping Network Bust
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested five suspects allegedly connected to a kidnapping and banditry network operating on the fringes of Abuja. Among those detained is a heavily pregnant woman who, according to the police, was supplying food and logistical support to the gang and their captives right up until the day she was arrested. FCT Commissioner of Police Ahmed Sanusi disclosed the arrests to journalists in Abuja, linking them to a clearance operation carried out in the Byazin district on June 11, 2026. That operation, he said, resulted in the arrest of several suspects, the neutralization of others, and the rescue of abducted victims. Follow-up intelligence then led security personnel to a second location, where additional suspects were picked up. There is no comfortable way to write about Hauwa Shafiu, so maybe it is better to just be honest about the complexity here. She is accused of being the logistics supplier and cook for a criminal gang, someone who pr...
