The Federal Capital Territory Police Command, Abuja stated that it had mounted surveillance on a suspected kidnappers’ den in Zones A and B of Apo-resettlement and its environs.

Josephine Adeh, the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, disclosed that the operatives of the FCT Police Command, led by the Commissioner of Police, Benneth Igweh, himself, stormed the hills and thick bushes surrounding Zone A and B of Apo-resettlement and its environs on April 1, 2024, at about 11am.

He implemented some security measures in the area, as it is perceived to be kidnappers’ routes and criminal hideouts.

Adeh said, "The clearance operation involved burning illegal structures and bushes surrounding the hills and the proactive deployment of police operatives for surveillance patrol, as the entry and exit routes to the hills have been adequately manned."