A District Head who was kidnapped on August 14 and freed two days later was connected to the suspects’ detention, according to a statement issued by Mansir Hassan, the Command’s Public Relations Officer.
He clarified that police officers working with local hunters conducted raids on three villages in the Lere Local Government Area, where they apprehended five people they believed to be kidnappers and found a single-barrel pistol built in the area, a car, a motorcycle, and numerous cell phones.
Regarding the district head’s kidnapping that occurred on August 14, 2024. On August 16, 2024, the victim was discharged,” Hassan stated.
Based on reliable information, Saminaka Police Operatives and a local Hunters Group team conducted raids in three distinct Lere Local Government Area villages on September 2, 2024, at approximately 0500 hours: Maraban Wasa, Gurzan Hakimi Mariri, and Abugan Kurama.
“Five suspects were taken into custody: Abdulhamid Abubakar, also known as Bala, 30, Danjuma Luka, also known as Uba, 25, Ayuba Simon, 50, and Idi Saleh, 57.”
Among the items found on the suspects are eight cell phones, a green Golf, a Bajaj motorcycle, and a fake single-barrel rifle.
During an additional operation, law enforcement agents detained six additional individuals at a parking lot, resulting in the seizure of four counterfeit AK-47 rifles, two handguns, two pump-action firearms, and a substantial sum of money.
Following reliable intelligence on the alleged bandit’s illicit activities, police officers also apprehended him at a motel in the Tafa neighborhood of Kagarko Local Government Area in Kaduna State.
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