The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has recovered two FN FAL rifles and live ammunition during a raid on a suspected bandits’ hideout in Dajin Madam Forest, marking another breakthrough in its ongoing operations against kidnapping and organised crime.
The recovery followed investigations into the arrest of four suspects accused of supplying firearms, ammunition and illicit drugs to criminal groups. The suspects were earlier paraded at the FCT Police Command Headquarters on July 11, 2026.
According to a statement issued on Wednesday by the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, operatives of the Command’s Anti-Kidnapping Unit launched a follow-up operation on August 2 after obtaining credible intelligence from one of the arrested suspects, Musbahu Ishaq.
The intelligence led the operatives to Dajin Madam Forest, located between Plateau and Bauchi states, where investigators uncovered one of the syndicate’s hideouts.
Police investigations revealed that Musbahu Ishaq allegedly obtained arms and ammunition from one Rabiu Hassan before supplying them to Baba Alhaji Sanusi, a suspected bandit kingpin who is currently at large and believed to be hiding in a forest in Katsina State.
A thorough search of the hideout led to the recovery of two FN FAL rifles and live ammunition concealed within the camp.
The statement said investigations are ongoing to apprehend other members of the criminal syndicate still on the run, recover additional weapons linked to the network and prosecute all suspects.
The Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, CP Ahmed Muhammed Sanusi, reaffirmed the Command’s commitment to intelligence-led policing, assuring residents that security operations would continue until every member of the syndicate is apprehended and brought to justice.
He also urged members of the public to support the police by providing timely and credible information to the nearest police station or through the Command’s emergency lines: 08032003913 and 08028940883.
