Police nab 62-year-old, others for kidnapping, robbery in Bauchi

Armstrong Bakam, Bauchi

The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 62-year-old man and six others for kidnapping, cattle rustling and armed robbery in the state.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Haruna Mohammed, in a statement on Friday, said the suspects were arrested at different locations in the state, based on intelligence reports.

He said detectives in the command arrested 44-year-old Gidado Mohammed, aka Gide; 43-year-old Idi Shehu, aka Nabasere and 37-year-old Yahaya Shehu on December 30, 2016 at about 12:20am.

He explained that the suspects confessed to have seized N2m from unidentified Fulani men who were on their way to pay a ransom to some kidnappers who abducted two women.

He said preliminary investigations also revealed that the suspects were also behind the recent abduction of one Musa Agwada from whom they collected N1m as ransom.

The statement noted that exhibits recovered from them include N384, 000, a new motorcycle and two expended ammunition of 7.62mm.

The PPRO noted that in another operation, detectives attached to the anti-kidnapping unit of the command arrested 32-year-old Usman Abdul, 25-year-old Garba Adamu and 30-year-old Yau Umar.

The statement partly read, “The suspects had on December 21, 2016 stormed the house of one Alhaji Ya’u Mohammed in Kuitu and demanded for N3m ransom which was paid to them before the victims were released.”

Also, he said the police, in collaboration with vigilance group from Tama District, arrested 62-year-old Adamu Shehu during a raid and that during the exercise, one AK-47 magazine, six rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition, 37 cows and 12 sheep were recovered.

Mohammed said all the cases were under investigation and efforts were being intensified to apprehend fleeing suspects and bring them to justice.