Officers of the FCT Police Command have arrested a wanted drug peddler, one Abubakar ishiaku, 20, and receoverd 20 bags of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp.
This is as the Commissioner of Police in charge of the command, CP Babaji Sunday, has promises stronger synergy with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and called on critical stakeholders to intensify campaign against drug and substance abuse.
Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the command, DSP Josephine Adeh, made this known in a press statement Saturday in Abuja.
She said: “On July 12, 2022, at about 1100hrs operatives of the FCT Police Command attached to the Ambush Team of Dutse Alhaji Divisional Police Headquarters, on an intelligence lead stop and search, intercepted a vehicle driven by one Abubakar ishiaku, a 20-year-old indigene of Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina state who has since been on the command’s wanted List of Drug peddlers.
“The suspect who took to his heels upon sighting the policemen on duty on the said date was re-arrested on July 14, 2022, following painstaking investigation while 20 bags of Dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp were recovered. The suspects will be handed over to the NDLEA for prosecution.”
According to the Spokesperson, “In the light of the above, the Commissioner of Police, FCT, CP Babaji Sunday wishes to reassure residents of the Command’s unflinching commitment to bringing crime and criminality to the barest minimum in the territory.
“He noted that the abuse of drugs and others substances is a major root entrenched in the perpetration of most crime and criminality, hence, the command will not relent in taking the fight against drug and substance abuse to its core and rooting it out while working in synergy with the NDLEA.
“In addition to the above, the CP wishes to charge leaders of various spheres of social influence to maximize their platforms to speak against drugs and substance abuse and to without hesitation render meaningful information to the relevant authorities to rid our society of these miscreants.”
Meanwhile, the spokesperdon said, “The command has also caught the wave of unofficial writeups emanating from malicious or attention-seeking individuals, targeted at promoting fear and apprehension in the mind of residents, suggesting that the territory is under a high infiltration of terrorists who are hibernating on mountain tops and hills.
“While the police and sister agencies are working relentlessly to rid the FCT of criminal elements, and to sustain the relative peace enjoined in the territory, members of the public are strongly urged to eschew the generation or circulation of any message not from an official stable and to go about their lawful businesses without the fear of harassment or molestation of any kind.
“Complementing the above, residents are urged to remain vigilant, and report any suspicious or abnormal occurrence to the Police through the following emergency lines: 08032003913, 08061581938, 07057337653, and 08028940883, while the Public Complaint Bureau (PCB) desk, could be reached on: 0902 222 2352.”
