The Nigeria Police Force on Friday January 20th arrested a suspected kidnapper,28 year old Bello Mohammed in Kaduna state.
The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi in a statement made available to journalists on Sunday in Abuja said Police Operatives Tafa Division Kaduna state led by the Divisional Police Officer, SP Idris Ibrahim acting on intelligence, raided one hotel in Tafa Area, Kaduna, where Bello was arrested with the sum of #2.25m (Two Million, two hundred and fifty million naira) only, suspected to be proceeds of ransoms collected from kidnapped victims within the area.
Adejobi said the suspect who hails from Zamfara state during interrogation, confessed to be part of the gang that kidnapped the family members of one Barrister Ariyo in Bwari, FCT, on 2nd January 2024, and killed some kidnapped victims, including Nabeeha, f, daughter of the legal practitioner, on 13th January, 2024, in a kidnappers camp, in Kaduna State.
The suspect offered #1,000,000 (one million naira only) to induce the DPO, who rejected the offer and carried out his duty diligently.
The Force PRO added that the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun has ordered that the suspect, who also confessed to the involvement of the already five (5) neutralized bandits in Kaduna by the IRT, headed by one Mai Gemu (aka Godara), whose deadly camp has also been destroyed, be handed over to the DFI-IRT in Abuja for discreet investigations into the matter and arrest of all other culprits responsible for the dastardly act. The suspect is currently helping the police in their investigations.
The IGP who commended the DPO Tafa Division for the commitment and professionalism displayed in the case, assured that the Police would leave no stone unturned in decimating criminally minded individuals and bequeathing to Nigerians a more secure society for all and sundry.
