A notorious kidnapper Abubakar Sheu who was among those responsible for the kidnap of Magistrate Jumoke, wife of Former Military Administrator in Bauchi and Osun States Col Theophilus Bamigboye, has been paraded by Kwara state police Command in Ilorin.
Nigeriacrime.com gathered that Abubakar Sheu was paraded alongside nine other notorious suspects.
Recall that Magistrate Jumoke was kidnapped in January 2023 around Eiyekorin area, Ilorin outskirts while returning from her farm.
Abubakar Sheu was also part of the kidnap gang of one Alhaji Madaki Shaibu at Ayegun Fulani Camp sometime in January 2023, where the son of the Alhaji was killed.
Others paraded with him are Mohammed Aliyu (30),
Yunusa Ahmadu (28),
Malami Usman (27) and
Dauda Amosa (28).
Parading the suspect’s Commissioner of Police Paul Odama said that “investigation into the case revealed that, Abubakar Shehu aka Dogo and his gang were behind the kidnap of one Alhaji Madaki Shaibu at Ayegun Fulani Camp sometimes in January 2023, where the son of the Alhaji was killed.
“It was also revealed that Dogo was part of the gang that kidnapped Magistrate Bamigboye also in January 2023.”
Odama added that ‘the suspects “were also into cow rustling, the vehicle used in the cow stealing has been recovered also.
“Suspects would be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.”
Other suspects paraded include Aliyu Abubakar (30), Aliyu Bingi (30) Shehu Sanni (35), Abdulahi Saidu (28) and Bayo Dudu (30).
Said he: “A team of policemen attached to Banni Division in conjunction with local vigilantes acting on intelligence stormed Banni forest in search of suspected kidnappers.
“The search operation led to the arrest of three of the above named suspects who confessed during interrogation to be kidnappers, two of their members by name Bayo Dudu and Aliyu Abubakar who stay in Niger state.
“Their operational weapon an AK-47 riffle is in possession of one of the suspects now at large.”
The Commissioner equally paraded Habeeb Ayomide, Oni Obasanjo, Mohammed Abdulkareem,
Ibrahim Apete, Ajao Musa,
Ismail Ayomide, Adebayo Abdulateef and Yusuf Najeem for alleged ritual activities.
Items recovered from them are local pots with concoctions, nature sponges, coronation satires and smartphones.
He said that the “above mentioned suspects were arrested based on actionable intelligence to the effect that, some suspected ritualists are seen gathered at an isolated hotel in Malete Moro local government area of Kwara state.
“The anti-cultism operatives rounded up the suspects with all the items recovered from them.
“They all confessed to being internet fraudsters but the command is investigating them for ritual activities. They would be charged to court after the investigation.”