We Have Our Sponsors – Suspected Bandits Confess After Their Arrest In Abuja

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We Have Our Sponsors – Suspected Bandits Confess After Their Arrest In Abuja

Some suspected bandits who were arrested by the Federal Capital Territory FCT Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and personnel of the 176 Guards Battalion of the Nigerian Army have made a startling confession.

The suspected bandits told their interrogators that they have sponsors.

FCT NSCDC Commandant Olusola Odumosu disclosed this on Wednesday when he paraded the 42 suspects at the Command Headquarters in Abuja.

He also announced that the Corps’ collaboration with the Department of State Services (DSS) paid off with the arrest of five members of a vigilante team who had used their positions to vandalise some critical national assets within the FCT.

The suspects were found with sharp objects like daggers, knives, and machetes.

Odumosu had only last week summoned the heads of NSCDC intelligence teams, area commanders, and all divisional officers to a meeting to review the Corps’ strategies given the current trends in the security situation in the FCT.

Parading the suspects, Odumosu said, “I gave a fresh charge to the officers and men to step up our game against criminal elements within our territory using intelligence gathering.

“I am happy to announce to you today that the charge is paying off. Acting on credible intelligence and in collaboration with the 176 Guards Battalion of the Nigerian Army, 42 suspected bandits and terrorists operating under the cover of being miners of solid minerals have been arrested. The arrest took place on Monday, 11th February 2024 at about 6:00 a.m.

“The suspects were intercepted at the forest of Tsaumi Village bothering Lambata in Gurara Local Government Area of Niger State.”

According to him, preliminary investigations by the Corps revealed that the suspects are bandits fleeing the ongoing onslaught of the military operation in Zamfara State through the forest zone of Niger State into the FCT through Gwagwalada Area Council en route to Pai Village of Kwali Area Council.