Police tactical team attached to Minna Area Command of Niger State has arrested one Bashiru Abdullahi, aged 40yrs ‘m’ of Bangi, Mariga Local Government Area of the state for planning and making effort to recruit armed men needed to perpetrate his usual kidnapping escapades.
Confirming the report, Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Wasiu A. Abiodun, said the suspect was arrested at Kontagora based on credible intelligence from a reliable source.
Abiodun said during interrogation, Alh. Bashiru confessed that he planned to kidnap a former local government council chairman of Mariga and the father of a former Commissioner in the State.
He also claimed that the former chairman owed him N5,800,000 and that if the chairman is kidnapped, he intends to realise N10,000,000:00 ransom from him.
He further confessed that part of his plan was to equally kidnap the father of the former commissioner whom he hope to realise N1,300,000 from a business transaction between them while he was expecting to get N15,000,000:00 ransom from the plan.
Abiodun said further investigation revealed that sometimes in the month of March, 2022, the said Alh. Bashiru was suspected to have murdered his younger brother one Alh. Mamuda Abdullahi, aged 35yrs ‘m’ of Bangi and when he was interrogated, he confessed to the act that he contributed money with his brother to the tune of N79m for a business purpose, but he suspected that his brother swindled him and he hit him with a stick on the head which resulted to his death. However, he told the family members that his brother was attacked and killed by bandits at Beri.
Meanwhile, the case is under investigation with a view to unravel other criminal acts of the suspect as well as unveiling and arresting other suspected members of his gang.
The Commissioner of Police, Niger State Command, CP Monday Bala Kuryas, commended Nigerlites for giving such useful intelligence for proactiveness in ensuring protection of lived and property, while urging them to sustain such effort as security is a collective responsibility.
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