Nigeria
Police Force (NPF) has on Tuesday paraded the kidnappers of Deputy High
Commissioner of Sierra Leone to Nigeria and others. The police paraded an
eleven man kidnapping gang terrorizing Kaduna, FCT and other North-Central
States of Nigeria today, at the Peace-Keeping Hall, Force Headquarters, Abuja. Continue to read
statement from the force…
In a coordinated
operation based on intelligence and technical support, the Intelligence
Response Team (IRT) of the Nigeria Police has smashed an eleven man kidnap gang
that had for some time now terrorized Kaduna State, the FCT and other
North-Central States of Nigeria.
This dare devil
criminal gang was responsible for the abduction of the
Sierra-Leonean Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Maj. Gen. Alfred
Claude-Nelson on June 30, 2016, the Executive Director of Dangote Group
and many other high profile kidnap for ransom in recent times.
The modus operandi
of these criminal elements includes mounting road blocks on highways in
Military uniforms, surprise attack on unsuspecting motorist and relocating from
one point to other in the forest with their victims to avoid detection and
arrest.
In order to halt the
apparent trend in the increase of kidnap for ransom, armed robbery and other
anti-social behaviours, the Inspector-General of Police, Ag.IGP
Ibrahim Idris, has reorganized the
tactical operations teams to tackle crime and criminality throughout the
country.
To this end, the
Intelligence Response Team (IRT) of the IGP Monitoring Unit, the Nigeria Police
on July 2, 2016 carried out tactical surveillance of the Abuja-Kaduna axis and
all the adjoining States.
This coordinated
operation led to the arrest of eleven members of the notorious gang that has
been terrorizing the North-Central States of the country with arms and
ammunition recovered from them.
The suspected
kidnappers in Police custody are:
- Alhaji Rabiu Yusuf ‘m’ Aged 45yrs - Gang Leade
- Garba Abubakar ‘m’ aka Habu Aged 27yrs -
2i/c Gang Leader
- Yusuf Adamu ‘m’Aged 20yrs
- Hussaini Musa ‘m’ Aged 25yrs
- Shuaibu Idris ‘m’ Aged 35yrs
- Usman Bello ‘m’ Aged 20yrs
- Musa Ali ‘m’ Aged 45yrs
- Muhammadu Abubakar ‘m’ Aged 30yrs
- Suleiman Abubakar ‘m’ Aged 25yrs
- Gambo Ibrahim ‘m’ Aged 25yrs
- Balarabe Mohammadu ‘m’ Aged 32yrs
The Intelligence
Response Team Operatives also recovered the following arms and ammunitions.
- Three (3) AK 47 rifles
- Three (3) AK 47 rifle magazines loaded
with ninety rounds of ammunition
- Two (2) sets of Military camouflage
uniforms.
Investigations are
ongoing and the suspects will be charged to court as soon as it is concluded.
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