The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said that most incidents of kidnapping in the nation’s capital were stage-managed by people.
Wike claimed this in an interview with journalists following a closed-door meeting with the Senate on Wednesday with the FCT Commissioner of Police, Benneth Igweh, to discuss insecurity in the capital city.
According to the Minister, abduction has decreased in the FCT since the capture of the two most wanted infamous kidnappers.
“Most of the kidnappings here are sometimes stage-managed by people. There are some internal arrangements.
“Mind you the two most wanted notorious kidnappers, we have gotten them and that is why you see the level of kidnapping has reduced,” Wike said.
The Commissioner of Police said corroborated Wike, saying that there has not been any kidnapping in the FCT for one month as the security operatives has dominated the forests.
“For one month there has not been kidnapping in the FCT. We have used intelligence, and we have decided to dominate the forest because the FCT is bounded by for states that are crime prone,” CP Igwe said.
The meeting with the Senate was prompted by summons issued by the Senate two weeks prior, requesting their briefing on security matters within the FCT, following a recent kidnap incident at the Galadima area of the Abuja metropolis.
The Senate had reached this decision following a motion put forward by Senator Nwoko Ned Munir, representing Delta North.
Senator Nwoko had emphasized the urgent necessity of bolstering security measures within the FCT.