CRIME & COURT

480 criminals arrested in Abuja properties

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) administration says it arrested 480 suspected criminals squatting in uncompleted buildings and undeveloped land in the Maitama and Wuse II areas of the city on Friday.

Bennett Igweh, who led the task force, said the predominantly male suspects, turned the places into crime havens.

Igweh vowed administration would rid the city of criminal. “ We are going to take many of them to court. They live in unauthorised places in the FCT; they want to hide within the shanties and black spots in order to commit havoc in Abuja.

“We will do thorough profiling because we suspect that some of them are escapees from the Kuje Correctional Centre.

He said the task force recovered police uniforms, mobile phones, loaded pistols, machetes and charms from the suspects.

NAN

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