About 140 operatives of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command were killed on duty in 2024 and N409,992,000 recovered from criminals, a report from the Force has said.

The command’s scorecard made available to journalists on Wednesday by the spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, revealed that “N36,850,000 was recovered from kidnapping suspects; N68,552,000 from armed robbery suspects; N19,590,000 from burglary cases; and N285,000,000 from fraud cases.”

Adeh also revealed that in the same period, a total of 1,426 cases were reported, leading to the arrest of 1,077 suspects.

Fraud cases, according to the scorecard were the most reported, with 385 cases and 422 suspects arrested, followed by armed robbery, with 268 cases and 132 suspects arrested, one-chance robbery ranked third, with 263 cases leading to 71 arrests. Car theft came next, with 127 cases and 64 suspects arrested, while kidnapping completed the top five with 104 cases, resulting in the arrest of 216 suspects.

For cybercrime, it explained that 32 cases were reported, and 15 suspects were arrested, adding that for homicide, 68 cases were reported, leading to 78 arrests while burglary saw 73 cases, with 20 suspects arrested and cultism recorded 38 cases, leading to 59 arrests.

According to the report, 376 firearms, including 13 AK-47 magazines and 187 rounds of live ammunition, were recovered, stressing that seventy-three vehicles were recovered from car theft cases, 24 from one-chance robbery cases, and two from cultism cases. From the above statistics, a 15.1% reduction in crime incidents within the FCT was recorded between 2023 and 2024 while 68 kidnapping victims and 19 one-chance robbery victims were rescued.

The report further explained that 140 police officers died on active duty while 68 complaints were received against personnel of the command, and 58 suspects charged with no convictions recorded.

On prosecution and convictions secured, the FCT Police Command stated that 38 kidnap suspects were charged to court, with 21 convicted, adding that for one-chance robbery, 16 suspects were charged, 11 were convicted for homicide: 32 suspects charged, eight convicted; fraud: 178 suspects charged, 58 convicted; cultism: 19 suspects charged, 11 convicted; burglary: 26 suspects charged, eight convicted; and car theft: 21 suspects charged, 11 convicted.

It stated that in the command’s plans for 2025, efforts would focus on enhancing community policing and conducting targeted operations, assuring that building on the successes of 2024, the command will intensify community policing engagements, intelligence-led policing strategies, targeted clearance operations, and public enlightenment initiatives to address the evolving security demands of the FCT.

It also assured that with a significant reduction in crime rates and a stable, peaceful atmosphere in the FCT, the command is committed to sustaining the momentum in combating criminal activities.

2024: 140 FCT operatives killed, N409,992,000 recovered from criminals