Bauchi State Police Command on Wednesday said it had arrested the
leader of a kidnapping gang that had been terrorising Dandango Town and
its environs. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Haruna Mohammed, in a
statement on Wednesday named the suspect as one Saidu Abdullahi, 28.
Mohammed said that the suspect was arrested on April 30, 2017, at
Dandango town by detectives attached to Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the
command, following a tip-off.
He said that the suspect had on April 27, 2017, conspired with other
members of his gang and invaded the town, which is located in Bauchi
Local Government Area, and kidnapped three persons.
He named the victims as Fati Kawu, 22, Adam Kawu, 25, and Malam Hassan, 35, all of Dandango town.
The gang was alleged to have taken the victims to Jimbiri Mountain in Bauchi local government area.
The police spokesman said detectives had traced the suspects to their
hideout and rescued the victims, adding that the victims were in good
condition and had been reunited with their families.
He said that one cell phone suspected to have been used by the
suspect in negotiating for ransom and other incriminating items were
recovered from the suspects.
In a related development, the command has arrested a leader of
another suspected kidnapping gang terrorising residents of Ganjuwa and
Darazo local government areas of the state.
Mohammed named the suspect as one Lawali Musa, 30, of Diji Ward, Bauchi.
He said that the suspect had established a base at Balmo forest in
Darazo Local Government Area, notorious for use as kidnappers’ den.
He said that the suspect and his gang had recently kidnapped one
Alhaji Sani and one Alhaji Idi of Deji Village and collected N356, 500
and N60,000, from the victims as ransom.
The police spokesman said that the suspect had made a voluntary
confession to the offence and was helping the police with useful
information that would assist the command to arrest his accomplices.
(NAN)