Desist from using police emergency lines to secure loans – FCT CP

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Commissioner of Police, CP Haruna Garba, has warned Nigerians against using the command’s emergency numbers to obtain loans from loan companies.

In a statement on Friday, CP Garba also revealed that non-state actors have been using the emergency lines for misleading purposes.

He charged 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 same to obtain loans to desist from such and only use the emergency lines for its intended purpose, warning that deliberate steps will be taken to arrest and prosecute the purveyors of these illegal acts.

Furthermore, the CP debunked a viral report claiming that kidnappers dressed in police uniforms abducted 17 residents in the Apo area of Abuja.

“The Commissioner of Police FCT hereby wishes 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 17 persons from the Apo area in Abuja, it is a figment of the author’s imagination as no incident of such happened within the FCT,” the statement clarified.

CP Garba urged residents to cooperate with the police for improved service delivery and emphasised the importance of using the Police Control Room numbers to report suspicious activities: “08032003913, 08061581938, 07057337653, and 08028940883,” she added.