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Security: FCTA Seeks Collaboration With Residents
Security: FCTA Seeks Collaboration With Residents
By Michael Mike
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) said tackling insecurity within the nation’s capital city needs collaboration between the government and residents.
The FCTA insisted that residents need to help the government in this regard by making efforts to know their neighbours and taking special interest in what happen around them.
The Acting Director, Reform Coordination and Service Improvement Department of the FCTA, Dr Jumai Ahmadu, made the statement at the first Abuja Residents Townhall & Security Summit on Tuesday in Abuja.
The summit with the theme: “The Cost of Inaction, Bridging the Gaps”, is designed to enable Abuja residents, businesses, and stakeholders to identify, discuss and resolve issues as it affects their daily lives in the FCT.
Ahmadu said: “The only thing we have emphasised here is for them to know one another. There is this popular saying we used to have in the FCT; ‘know your neighbour, stay safe, stay alive’.
“If you don’t know your neighbour, if you don’t speak out when you see suspicious movement, how can the government or the security agencies help you?”
“So, my advice to residents is to know anybody coming into their environment…if we have this in each of our communities, we will be able to curb security challenges because the government needs information to act,” she added.
She also encouraged residents to call the FCT call centre toll-free lines to report all emergencies in the capital city.
On his part, Muhammad Khalid, Chiarman, Islamic Research and Da’awa Foundation, challenged residents to show love to one another notwithstanding their religious or ethnic orientations, noting that only love could bridge the gap between them.
Khalid, while stating that there was a limited number of security operatives in the FCT, said a neighbourhood that is united could help ensure the security of the lives and property of members.
In his opening remark, Jude Ezeobi, the Chairman of the Neighbourhoods, Estates, and Residents Association of Abuja Forum (NERAAF), a non-religious, non-partisan, and not-for-profit forum, said the aim of the summit was to encourage good neighbourliness, adding that only social cohesion could guarantee better security in the FCT.
Security: FCTA Seeks Collaboration With Residents
Yobe Police rescue 4 kidnapped victims in Fika
By: Yahaya Wakili
The Yobe State Police Command has rescued four young female victims who were abducted in an attempted kidnapping incident in the Fika local government area of Yobe State.
This was contained in a press release issued and signed by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) ,SP Dungus Abdulkarim, said on 28th June, 2026, Fika Division received a distress call reporting that unidentified persons attacked and abducted four young females at Didim village.
According to the release, the victims are all females and minors; young persons were aged between 15 and 17 years.
He maintained that, upon receiving the report, police operatives attached to Kukar Gadu outstation, in collaboration with local vigilantes, swiftly mobilized and launched a rescue operation.
Therefore, reinforcement from the division was deployed, leading to the successful rescue of all four victims unhurt, and the victims were immediately taken to Kukar Gadu primary healthcare center for medical examination and necessary support before being reunited with their families.
Meanwhile, efforts are ongoing to apprehend the fleeing members of the criminal syndicate responsible for the attack as the command intensifies its operations to bring them to justice.
The Yobe state commissioner of Police, CP Usman Kanfani Jibrin psc, mspsp, has directed sustained and intelligence led operations to ensure that the perpetrators are arrested and made to face the full weight of the law. He reiterated the command’s unwavering commitment to protecting lives and property across the state.
He urged the residents to remain vigilant and continue to provide the police with credible and timely information on suspicious persons, movements, or vehicles.
Yobe Police rescue 4 kidnapped victims in Fika
Troops Arrest Three Suspected Drug Peddlers in Jos Raid
By: Zagazola Makama
Troops of Sector 1,Operation Enduring Peace (OPEP), have arrested three suspected drug peddlers during a raid on a notorious hideout in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State.
Military sources said the operation was conducted at about 6:00 a.m. on June 29 at the Congo-Russia area following sustained efforts to curb illicit drug trafficking and other criminal activities.
According to the sources, the troops arrested three suspects identified as Abubakar Abdulrahman, 23; Muhammadu Abubakar, 28; and Awal Ali, 33.
The sources said quantities of substances suspected to be cannabis sativa and other illicit drugs were recovered from the suspects during the operation.
The arrested suspects have been profiled and are undergoing further investigation, while appropriate legal action will follow.
The military said the operation forms part of ongoing efforts to dismantle criminal networks and deny drug traffickers safe havens within Plateau State.
Troops Arrest Three Suspected Drug Peddlers in Jos Raid
Court Grants Sowore N200m Bail
*Lists fresh conditions
By: Zagazola Makama
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, granted bail to online publisher and African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore.
Aside a N200 million bail with two sureties, one of them must be a traditional ruler in Sowore’s community in
Ese-Odo Local Government Area in Ondo State.
The second surety, the court ruled, must have landed property within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Also, Sowore is to surrender his international passport to the court’s deputy registrar for safekeeping. The court held that both sureties must be verified by counsel to the prosecution, Akinlolu Kehinde, SAN.
Following Sowore’s absence in court, the judge, on June 16, 2026, revoked the bail he granted Sowore on “self-recognition” last December. Thereafter, he issued a bench warrant for the politician’s arrest after he failed to appear in court for his trial on allegations bordering on cybercrime and criminal defamation.
Last Tuesday, Justice Umar ordered that Sowore be kept in the Kuje Correctional Centre until his motion for a stay of the execution of the order for the revocation of his bail and bench warrant is determined.
Justice Umar dismissed Sowore’s other application that the judge be withdrawn from further presiding over his trial on the ground of alleged bias.
The Department of State Services (DSS) is prosecuting Sowore over alleged criminal defamation arising from claims that he referred to President Bola Tinubu as a “criminal” in posts made on his official X and Facebook accounts.
The defendant’s lawyer, R. O.
Adakole, however, appealed to the judge that Sowore be released to him to enable him get his passport from the US embassy in Lagos.
Justice Umar Mohammed adjourned to July 6, 2026, for continuing of hearing.
Court Grants Sowore N200m Bail
*Lists fresh conditions
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