Police in the FCT have arrested two suspects while attempting to snatch a black Prado Jeep from the owner around Capital Hub in Jahi, Abuja.
The suspects, who are part of a group of four armed men, were arrested on Monday at about 10:45pm, while the operatives were on patrol.
FCT police spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, said on sighting the police, the hoodlums opened fire, which resulted in a gun duel, but they were over powered by the police as two of them, Joshua Godfrey A.K.A. Dogo and Abdulsalam Mamuda, both of Mabushi village were arrested while two others were killed.Police in Kwara State also foiled an attempt by gunmen to abduct some Muslims at a prayer camp in Ilorin, the state capital.
The Muslims who gathered at Solaty village on the outskirts of llorin narrowly escaped being abducted.
Spokesperson of the state police command, Toun Ejire-Adeyemi, said policemen and members of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN) thwarted the kidnap on Wednesday.