Some residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have described the rate of kidnapping and robbery within the city centre in recent time as alarming.
Some of the residents who spoke to newsmen yesterday described the spate of insecurity in the FCT as worrisome, alarming and unacceptable. They urged security agencies and the FCT Administration to take urgent measures to save residents from criminals.
According to the former President of Abuja Newspapers Distributors Association, Joshua Orogun, the increasing rate of insecurity the FCT, has been allowed to linger for over 15 years.
Orogun urged residents to be very vigilante while going about their legitimate businesses “as everybody is now at the mercy of the perpetrators of these heinous crimes”.
When contacted, the FCT Police Command, downplayed the reports of increasing incidences of robbery, kidnapping and other criminal activities in the territory.
According to the Command Spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, the command is doing its best to safeguard the lives and property of residents. She urged residents to be security conscious and support the police and other security agencies with actionable intelligence reports to track and apprehend criminals.
