Stop using police emergency numbers to obtain loans- FCT CP warns Nigerians

CP Haruna G. Garba, the Commissioner of Police for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has issued a cautionary message to the general public, advising against utilizing the command’s emergency contact numbers to secure loans from loan shark companies.

This warning was conveyed through an official statement released on July 28. Additionally, he refuted the allegations suggesting that certain kidnappers were disguising themselves in police uniforms to abduct FCT residents. The contents of the statement are as follows:

‘’The Commissioner of Police FCT, CP Haruna G. Garba, has warned members of the public who are in the habit of using the police hotlines psc, hereby wish to inform members of the public that contrary to the falsehood making the rounds on media platforms alleging that kidnappers who adorned the Police uniform to perpetrate their illicit acts have kidnapped seventeen (17) persons from the Apo area in Abuja is clearly a figment of the author’s imagination as no incident of such happened within the FCT.

In the same vein, the CP enjoins non-state actors who have been engaging the Police emergency lines in their mischievous posts, aimed at misleading members of the public and those submitting the same to obtain loans to desist from such and only use the emergency lines for its intended purpose as deliberate steps will be taken to arrest and prosecute the purveyors of these illegal acts.

The Commissioner of Police urges residents of the FCT to cooperate with the police for improved service delivery. He equally tasks FCT residents to take advantage of the Police Control Room numbers in reporting suspicious activities: 08032003913, 08061581938, 07057337653, and 08028940883.”