Four suspected kidnappers have been arrested by the Kano State Police Command for abducting a businessman, Alhaji Ali Falaka (70), in Bunkure Local Government Area of the state.
It was also learnt that the suspects demanded a ransom of N20m from the family of the victim.
Speaking during the police parade, the leader of the suspects, Isiya Haruna (22), explained that it was their first time and that they formed a team with another group of four people to commit the offence.
According to Haruna, they were arrested and the victim was rescued by the police operatives before they were able to get the N20m ransom they demanded.
He further explained, “In my team we are four in number. We met with another team of four and attacked the residence and whisked away the victim.
“We hid inside rocks in Bunkure near one village called Gindin Dutse.”
According to him, before they could go anywhere in their illicit act, they started regretting it, saying that the other team escaped, while four of them were all arrested.
Muhammed Usaini Gumel, the state’s Commissioner of Police explained that the suspects were arrested following a sustained follow up coupled with intelligence-led operations.
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Meanwhile, four people have been arrested by operatives of Adamawa State Police Command for alleged cattle rustling.
The four allegedly stole 73 cows and 346 sheep.
According to the command, the arrest was made by police officers attached to Gombi Divisional Police Headquarters who worked in collaboration with local hunters and conducted intensive surveillance at Amtasa village in central Adamawa’s Hong Local Government Area.
According to the statement, signed by police spokesperson Suleiman Nguroje, “the suspects during interrogation confessed to participating in cattle rustling and kidnapping activities, particularly in areas of Zumo/Maigero villages in Song, part of Gombi, and Maiha local government areas, and the Republic of Cameroon.”
The suspects were identified in the statement as Dahiru Bashir, 22, of Kesure Village, Song LGA; Tukur Salisu, 19, of Filindi, also in Song LGA; Muhammed Bello, 21, of Sigire, Song; and Babangida Ibrahim, 18, of Sigire, Song.
According to police, the quartet was apprehended while on their way to deliver rustled cattle to people they had previously contacted to receive them.
According to the police statement, the suspects were found with two AK-47 rifles, 73 cows, and 346 sheep.
“The CP also directed that the matter be investigated discreetly and that all those involved be prosecuted,” the statement affirmed.