The FCT Police Command said its operatives on October 4, 2026, at about 2:46 p.m. received a distress call that an unidentified adult male was being assaulted by an angry mob over an alleged attempt to abduct a child. Police operatives from Kuje Division were dispatched to the scene, where one Bashir Usman was rescued from an irate mob that was about to lynch him. The command's spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, said preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect was being assaulted over allegations that he attempted to abduct a five-year-old child in front of her residence in Angwan Lado, Kuje Area Council of the FCT. The suspect was taken into protective custody, and investigations are being expanded to unravel the extent of his activities and apprehend any accomplices.
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