The FCT Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Mohammed Sanusi, disclosed this on Wednesday while briefing journalists at the command headquarters, saying he led the operation that targeted a notorious gang linked to recent attacks in communities within the territory.

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has announced the killing of two suspected bandits and the rescue of five kidnapped residents during a security operation in Abuja.

The FCT Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Mohammed Sanusi, disclosed this on Wednesday while briefing journalists at the command headquarters, saying he led the operation that targeted a notorious gang linked to recent attacks in communities within the territory.

The operation followed the abduction of five residents of Paze community in Byazhin Ward of Bwari Area Council last week.

It was gathered lthat terrorists invaded the community on Thursday, abducting five people, including a pastor, and killing a local vigilante member identified as Shuaibu Yerima.