Kidnappings, robbery: Police Intelligence Team nabs, parades 26 suspects in Zaria, PHC, other cities

JONAS EZIEKE, Abuja

 

The Inspector-General of Police IGP’s Intelligence Response Team IRT has arrested twenty-six suspects in Zaria, Kaduna State Nigeria, Port Harcourt Rivers State and other cities in Nigeria over crimes of conspiracy, kidnappings and armed robbery within the cities metropolis and adjourning towns.

 

The suspects comprising of five females and twenty-one males were arrested through the joint efforts of the men of the Force Intelligence Bureau and the Intelligence Response Team from their various hideouts in the state.

 

The suspects are Abdulkarem Dalhatu male, Shaibu Yusuf male, alias Yalli, and Muktar Halilu male alias Likita.

 

On 30th November 2021 at about 16.00hrs, a team of FIB-IRT Rigachikun base on operation Puff-Adder II, succeeded in arresting One Abdulkareem Dalhatu of Kako village, Shaibu Yusuf of and Muktar Halilu in Zaria L.G.A of Kaduna state on 2nd December 2012.

 

They criminally conspired with one Sani Idris alias Yaroro, Isah Ibrahim alias Isiya Danwasa and other members of their gang all at large in terrorizing people within Zaria and environs with series of armed robbery, kidnapping and cattle rustling cases.

 

During interrogation, the suspects confessed to have participated in several armed robbery, cattle rustling and kidnapping operations.

They admitted having attacked at KG. Medical Diagnosis Service Kofar Gayan Zaria city on 5/08/2021 where the staff of hospital was Kidnapped and later released but they threatened to return and later they collect cash sum of Three Million Naira N3,000,000.00k from the owner of hospital Dr. Peter Nnamani.

 

They also attacked the house of Miss. Hafsat Abubakar Bukhari a pharmacist attached to ABUTH Shika Zaria and kidnapped her brother Yusha’u Abubakar Yahaya Musa and Anas surname unknown all of No.80 Limanchi Kona Zaria city, on September 2, 2021.

 

A ransom cash payment of the sum of One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira N1,500,000.00 and Two Million Naira N2,000, 000.00 were collected from them respectively and other several operations.

 

The suspects also attacked at the house of Major AA. Zubairu at Kofar Gayan on June 10, 2021 but they were repelled by the security agents after exchange of gun fire and they took to their heel with gun shot and four of them later died.

 

They criminals again kidnapped one of the children of DSC. Auwal Yakubu the public relations officer, NCS Tincan Island Lagos and some undisclosed amount of money was collected as ransom.

 

The also kidnapped one Fatima Nura ‘F’ 18yrs, Yasira Aminu ‘F’ 12yrs and Abdulmumuni Adamu ‘M’ 35yrs were cash sum of N6,800,000.00k was collected as ransom.

 

On the other hand, another case of criminal conspiracy and kidnapping was pepetrated by Muslim Abubakar, Lawisa Hassan, Hajara Abubakar and Maryam Abubakar .

 

Police operatives in the team of FIB-IRT Rigachikun base on operation Puff-Adder II on October 17, 2021 succeeded in arresting all the suspects of Hanwa Zaria who specializes in taking women to kidnappers at their camp located at Galadimawa in Giwa L.G.A of Kaduna state.

 

Investigation revealed that the said Muslin Abubakar criminally conspired with Lawisa Hassan, deceived one Khadija Idris and Khadija Musa all female residents of Hanwa Zaria and took them to Kidnappers with pretext of having carnal knowledge of them and give them money but they kidnapped and raped them and demand ransom from their relations.

 

While the said Maryam Abubakar was talking married women to them and get paid she said Hajara Abubakar was among the married women taking to the camp for adultery.

 

Some other criminals arrested by the Police team include Ebunile Napoleon 45, Bright Opulo 22, Umar Akilu 39, Godwin Peter Abba 34, Ifeanyi Obinna 34, Godknows Columbo 33 and Koko Ita Oko 46.

 

Koko Ita Oko a physically challenged man was said to be the suspect that carries out surveillance on security and law enforcement agents and also drives the criminal gang during of the operations.

Another suspect is one Obed Stanley 31 a graduate of Mass Communication at the National Open University of Nigeria who was arrested with assorted AK47 rifles, 4 AK47 magazines and other weapons. NOUN

 

He was said to have been reported to the Police authorities by a man who he allegedly threatened to deal with and was searched and apprehended with these arms and ammunitions.

 

Some exhibits recovered from the suspects include 5 AK47 rifles, 4 AK47 Magazines, locally fabricated guns and 157 roinds of live ammunitions.

The Inspector-General of Police IGP Usman Alkali Baba has therefore warned citizens to be careful of the kind of company they keep with their relations as some of these relations are criminals in disguise who are waiting for small opportunities to pepetrate their evil acts of criminality.

 

All the criminal suspects will be immediately charged to the nations court of law upon the conclusion of the investigation being conducted by the Police detectives on these criminal cases.

 

 

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