Scores of SIS operatives were dispatched to the entry and exit points of the FCT

The Inspector-General of Police Olukayode Egbetokun, on Wednesday, deployed the Special Intervention Squad in the Federal Capital Territory to curb the murderous activities of kidnappers and bandits in border towns within the territory.

This came as the Federal Government warned against raising ransom for abducted victims, stressing that this might worsen the security problem in the country.

Scores of SIS operatives were dispatched to the entry and exit points of the FCT in a move to bolster security in the nation’s capital which has been under siege by bandits.

The hoodlums, who hitherto operated on highways and in rural communities, have in recent times escalated their attacks on residents of Abuja, Lagos, Enugu, Kaduna and other urban centres.