The Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, says the nation’s capital has recorded a drop in the incidents of kidnappings and other crimes across the territory in 2024.
The Director of Security Service Department of the FCTA, Adamu Gwary, made this known during the department’s end of year news conference in Abuja on Tuesday.
Gwary described kidnappings as one of the major areas of security concern in rural communities across the FCT, particularly in 2023.
“Today, we can beat our chest to say that the number of reported cases of kidnappings have significantly dropped.
“Before now, you can hardly go a week without having a reported case of kidnapping.
“Now, when we check our statistics, you will notice that sometimes a whole month will go by without any incident,” he said.
According to him, one chance crime has drastically dropped compared to the situation in 2023.
The Director further stated that the current operation against the use of tinted glasses across the city has contributed to the declining incidents of one chance
