Suspected Child Abductor Escapes Mob Attack In Abuja<\/p>\n
A suspected child abductor, Bashir Usman, has escaped jungle justice after he was rescued by operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command for allegedly attempting to abduct a five-year-old girl in Kuje.<\/p>\n
The FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Adeh said the Command received a distress call at about 2:46 p.m. on October 4, that an unidentified man was being beaten by an angry mob over an alleged attempt to abduct a child.<\/p>\n
Following the report, operatives from Kuje Division were deployed to Angwan Lado in Kuje Area Council, where the suspect was rescued from the crowd.<\/p>\n
“Preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect was being assaulted by the mob over allegations that he attempted to abduct a five-year-old child in front of her residence in Angwan Lado,” Adeh said.<\/p>\n
The suspect has been taken into protective custody, while investigation has been expanded to ascertain his activities and arrest possible accomplices.<\/p>\n
The Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, CP Ahmed Muhammed Sanusi, condemned jungle justice, warning that such acts constitute murder under the law and obstruct the course of justice.<\/p>\n
He urged parents and guardians to be vigilant and closely monitor the safety of their children and wards.<\/p>\n
The Command also advised residents to report suspicious persons or activities to the nearest police station or through its emergency lines: *08028940883<\/b>* and *08032003913<\/b>*(Daily Sun)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Suspected Child Abductor Escapes Mob Attack In Abuja A suspected child abductor, Bashir Usman, has escaped jungle justice after he was rescued by operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command for allegedly attempting to abduct a five-year-old girl in Kuje. The FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, disclosed this in a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":152678,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-152673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-others"],"yoast_head":"\n