{"id":62650,"date":"2025-03-12T10:12:17","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T10:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=62650"},"modified":"2025-03-12T10:12:17","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T10:12:17","slug":"fct-police-eliminate-notorious-kidnapper-dogo-saleh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/03\/12\/fct-police-eliminate-notorious-kidnapper-dogo-saleh\/","title":{"rendered":"FCT Police Eliminate Notorious Kidnapper \u2018Dogo Saleh\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Police Command has neutralized a notorious kidnap kingpin, Salisu Mohammed, popularly known as Dogo Saleh, in a decisive crackdown on criminal syndicates terrorizing the region.<\/p>\n<p>Acting on intelligence, the police tracked and intercepted the 21-year-old bandit in Gidan Abe Forest while he attempted to enter Bwari Area Council.<\/p>\n<p>A feared hitman for bandit leaders operating from Rijana Forest in Kaduna, Saleh was linked to multiple high-profile kidnappings and murders, including attacks along major highways.<\/p>\n<p>During his capture, he abandoned an AK-49 rifle, two loaded magazines, and N3 million in ransom proceeds.<\/p>\n<p>While leading police to his gang\u2019s hideout in Kwasau Forest, his armed accomplices launched an ambush in an attempted rescue.<\/p>\n<p>In the ensuing shootout, Saleh was fatally wounded by crossfire from his own gang.<\/p>\n<p>He was rushed to Kubwa General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.<\/p>\n<p>FCT Police Commissioner Olatunji Disu commended the operatives for their bravery, assuring residents that the crackdown on criminal networks will continue until total security is restored.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Police Command has neutralized a notorious kidnap kingpin, Salisu Mohammed, popularly known as Dogo Saleh, in a decisive crackdown on criminal syndicates terrorizing the region. Acting on intelligence, the police tracked and intercepted the 21-year-old bandit in Gidan Abe Forest while he attempted to enter Bwari Area [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":62651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-62650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62650"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62652,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62650\/revisions\/62652"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}