The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Commissioner of Police, Haruna Garba, has expressed concern that some individuals are dropping the command’s emergency numbers with loan shark companies to obtain loans. Additionally, non-state actors have been misusing the emergency lines. The CP warned those behind these actions to desist, emphasizing that the police will take deliberate steps to arrest and prosecute those involved in these illegal acts.
The CP also denied a viral report alleging that kidnappers wearing police uniforms abducted 17 residents in the Apo area of Abuja. The statement clarified that no such incident occurred within the FCT.
It partly read, “In the same vein, the CP enjoins non-state actors who have been engaging the Police emergency lines in their mischievous posts, aimed at misleading members of the public and those submitting same to obtain loans to desist from such and only use the emergency lines for its intended purpose as deliberate steps will be taken to arrest and prosecute the purveyors of these illegal acts.”
“The Commissioner of Police FCT hereby wish to inform members of the public that contrary to the falsehood making the rounds on media platforms alleging that kidnappers who adorned the Police uniform to perpetrate their illicit acts have kidnapped 17 persons from the Apo area in Abuja is a figment of the author’s imagination as no incident of such happened within the FCT,” the statement added.
The FCT Commissioner of Police urged residents to cooperate with the police and use the emergency numbers (08032003913, 08061581938, 07057337653, and 08028940883) to report suspicious activities for improved service delivery.
