Police destroy bandits camp, arrest deadly kidnapper

… IGP commends DPO for rejecting N1m inducement

Etim Ekpimah

Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, on 20th January 2024, arrested one Bello Mohammed, 28, of Zamfara State in Kaduna.

The Divisional Police Officer, Tafa Division, acting on intelligence, raided one hotel in Tafa Area, Kaduna, where he arrested Bello with N2.25m (Two million, two hundred and fifty million naira) only, suspected to be proceeds of ransoms collected from kidnapped victims within the area.

ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, Abuja said this in a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday.

“The suspect, during interrogation, confessed to being part of the gang that kidnapped the family members of one Barrister Ariyo in Bwari, FCT, on 2nd January 2024, and killed some kidnapped victims, including Nabeeha, f, daughter of the legal practitioner, on 13th January 2024, in a kidnapper’s camp, in Kaduna State.

“The suspect, in a dramatic situation, offered N1,000,000 (one million naira only) to induce the DPO, who rejected the offer and carried out his duty diligently,” Adejobi said.

The FPRO added that the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, PhD has ordered that the suspect, who also confessed to the involvement of the already five (5) neutralized bandits in Kaduna by the IRT, headed by one Mai Gemu (aka Godara), whose deadly camp has also been destroyed, be handed over to the DFI-IRT in Abuja for discreet investigations and arrest of all other culprits responsible for the dastardly act.

According to him, the suspect is currently helping the police in their investigations.

While commending the DPO Tafa, SP Idris Ibrahim, for the commitment and professionalism displayed in the case, he further assured that the Police would leave no stone unturned in decimating criminally minded individuals and bequeathing to Nigerians a more secure society for all and sundry in our dear country, Nigeria.