The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested multiple suspects for alleged armed robbery, drug trafficking, and vehicle theft in Abuja.
CP Miller G. Dantawaye, who disclosed this to newsmen over the weekend, said the arrests followed a series of coordinated intelligence operations conducted by the command’s Scorpion Squads across the Kubwa, Life Camp, and Mabushi Divisions between October 9 and 18, 2025.
He said operatives, acting on credible intelligence, arrested multiple criminal suspects linked to armed robbery, drug trafficking, and vehicle theft across various locations in the territory.
He gave the names of the primary suspects as Manaseh Emmanuel, Dogora Ibrahim, and Ibrahim Idamusa, whom he said are members of a notorious armed robbery gang led by Ibrahim Yakubu, a.k.a. “Ycome.”
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He confirmed that the three suspects were currently remanded at the Kuje Correctional Centre.
CP Dantawaye also disclosed that another four suspected robbery syndicate members—Umar Abubakar, Iliyasu Ibrahim, Usman Ibrahim, and Alkasim Abubakar—were arrested by the Life Camp Division for theft.
According to him, investigations revealed these suspects are members of a ten-man armed robbery syndicate responsible for a series of violent robberies within the Kubwa, Life Camp, and Mpape suburbs of Abuja.
He added: “Furthermore, Bello Mohammed Tambuwal was apprehended by the Mabushi Police Division for the theft of a new 2019 Toyota Corolla, while Paul Onogwu was intercepted with 15 bags of dried leaves suspected to be cannabis sativa.”
The police commissioner said exhibits recovered from the suspects included a cutlass, a sword, a jackknife, a Toyota Land Cruiser Jeep, a Toyota Corolla with registration number KRD 391JF, as well as 15 bags of a substance suspected to be Indian hemp.
CP Dantawaye commended the officers and men involved in the successful operations, charging all Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) to intensify and sustain the onslaught against criminals across the FCT.
He further emphasized that the Command will continue to “hit hard on criminal elements until their hideouts are uncovered,” while vowing his administration’s determination to rid the territory of crimes and criminality.
