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The operatives of the Nigeria Police Intelligence Response Team , IGP’-IRT, in conjunction with the Taraba State Police Command, have arrested 11 suspected notorious kidnappers suspects in the state for their complicity and various criminal roles in the recent trend of kidnapping incidents in the state.
This was contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Sunday by the Force Public Relations Officer, FPRO, Frank Mba, a Commissioner of Police, CP.
According to the FPRO, the suspects reportedly participated in the various criminal activitiies in the state in the recent past including “the kidnapping of a serving personnel of the Nigeria Customs Service, kidnapping of a relative of the Emir of Jalingo and the killing of a Police Sergeant in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital.”
He added that the IGP’-IRT team under the Command of Olatunji Disu, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, also recovered a large Cache of Arms and Ammunitions comprising seven AK-47 rifles, two Beretta pistols, 121 rounds of live ammunition of different calibre, four magazines, masks, illicit drugs and other incriminating items during raids of various hideouts of the suspects in the state.
According to the FPRO, “the arrest of the suspects follows the deployment of operatives of the Intelligence Response Team by the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, to Taraba State to complement the efforts of the Taraba State Police Command in promptly containing the disturbing trend of kidnapping, armed robbery, and other violent crimes in the state.
He explained that the suspets all who were indigenes of Taraba State, were arrested by the Police team from their various criminal hideouts within the state.
He listed the suspets as Luka Adam, Shuaibu Nuhu, Moses Amos, Peters Mashi, Ahmadu Mallam, Adamu Mohammed, Dahiru Mallam Dalha, Gambo Isah, Sanusi Ahmadu, Mallam Mohammed Mauludu and Ibrahim Idi
respectively.
According to him, “Police investigations revealed that the suspects, who have also been on the wanted list of the Taraba Police Command, are members of a notorious kidnap syndicate and have been evidentially linked to the recent upsurge in incidents of kidnapping in the State, including the deliberate and calculated attacks on security personnel.”
“Investigations also revealed how two of the suspects, Gambo Isah and Sanusi Ahmadu masterminded the killing of the Police Sergeant and left a Police Inspector with gunshot injuries in their recent operation to enable them escape arrest having abducted some victims in Jalingo recently.
“Investigations further revealed that the modi operandi of the suspects include trailing individuals – Business owners, Government Functionaries, motorists with flashy and exotic cars, etc – to their houses and thereafter planning and executing the kidnap of such persons. They also collect huge sums of money as ransom from relatives and friends of their victims before their release.”
Mba further added that “the Police in the course of investigations equally identified and raided various criminal hideouts where kidnap victims were usually kept. While cache of weapons and other incriminating items were recovered from the hideouts, all the kidnap victims held hostage at the various hideouts were carefully and successfully rescued unhurt and reunited with their families.”
He assured that investigators were intensifying efforts at arresting other suspects currently at large while the suspects would be charged to court on completion of investigations.
He stated that the IGP, while commending the people of Taraba State for supporting the Police especially in providing useful information that aided the prompt apprehension of the suspects, assured that the Police would continue to work with all stakeholders in deepening the collective safety of the Taraba people and the country in general.
He added that the IGP also condoled with the family of the late Sergeant Ogidi Habu and added that the Force will sustain efforts at improving public safety in all Nigerian communities.
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