Police kill 2 kidnappers, rescue 5 hostages

From Molly Kilete, Abuja
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has rescued five kidnapped victims following an intensive joint rescue operation conducted in the Byazhin area of the territory.
FCT   Police Public Relations Officer, Josephine Adeh, said in a statement that following recent kidnapping incidents in the Paze community of Byazhin, the Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, CP Ahmed Mohammed Sanusi, personally led a clearance operation involving operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit, the Nigeria Police Force Intelligence Response Team (IRT), and the Kubwa Area Command, in collaboration with local hunters and vigilante groups.
She said that on June 9, 2026, a...