The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested six different syndicates involved in the notorious “one-chance” robbery scheme in Abuja, the Commissioner of Police, Miller Dantawaye, has said.
Dantawaye disclosed this on Wednesday while featuring as a guest on an Arise Television programme monitored by The PUNCH, where he spoke on security in the FCT during the Yuletide and beyond.
He said the command had intensified patrols and training, adding that senior officers regularly supervised operations to ensure that personnel remained on duty through the night.
He noted that the strategy had helped the police to apprehend many suspected “one-chance” perpetrators either during operations or after committing their crimes.
“We have ensured that all hands are on deck to make sure that Abuja residents are secured during the Yuletide and beyond.
“So for the FCT, before I came, there were issues of one chance, robberies here and there, and maybe a few cases kidnapping. But since we came, what we have done is to ensure that all hands are on deck.
“So what we have done is to make sure that we go out to ensure that the men are actually on ground up till at least 6am. So, that has really gone a long way in assisting us towards apprehending a lot of one-chance people either in the act, or after committing the act.
“As we speak, I want to assure you that we have at least six different syndicates of one chance perpetrators that are in custody, and usually it starts from just one person.
“The way we like to put it is you start your investigation from known to unknown. So usually it comes from just one or two persons that you have arrested, and then you continue to dig until the entire syndicate is rounded up,” he said.