A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ward chairman and a community leader at Danmahawayi village in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna state have been kidnapped by bandits who disguised as political thugs.
Nigeriacrime.com learned that when the bandits came at about 11 pm on Sunday, they picked Alhaji Bala Alhassan Marafa, PDP chairman of Dan Mahawayi Ward and Suleiman Isiyaku Mai siga, a trader.
According to a native of the area,
‘We thought they were part of the campaign trail that had toured the area because it was when the two kidnapped victims returned from the campaign, that the bandits immediately picked them. This is the first time anybody would be kidnapped in Dan Mahawayi community,” he said.
“The bandits have been coming to the Mai Shayi( tea seller) in the village but had never done such a thing in the village until now,” he added.
Meanwhile, the State Police Command was yet to react to the incident as of press time. Also calls to the Kaduna state Police Public Relations Officer(PPRO) DSP Muhammed Jalige could not get through.
In a related development, operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), in separate incidents in Lekki and Ojota, Lagos, arrested two suspects, 20-year-old Daniel Ojoh and 27-year-old Kudus Ahmed, with two locally made guns and charms.
Upon receipt of credible information from the public, Daniel Ojoh was arrested at his workshop in Alagutan on Saturday, February 18, 2023, and a locally made gun with two live cartridges were recovered from him.
Kudus Ahmed was arrested underneath Ojota Bridge at about 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 19, 2023, after he was stopped on suspicion by RRS bike riders on patrol. A locally made gun and charms were recovered from his bag.
Both suspects are currently assisting the police in ongoing investigations.
Commander RRS, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, while urging the officers to intensify patrol of the state, directed that the suspects be transferred to the Command Headquarters for further investigation and prosecution.